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lin·guis·tics

linguistics

 
 
pronunciation:
lIng gwI stihks
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part of speech: plural noun
definition: (used with a sing. verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language.
His wrote a paper on military slang for his linguistics class.
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