ethnolinguisticsn.
/ˌɛθnəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, U.S. /ˌɛθnoʊˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ The branch of linguistics concerned with the relations between linguistic and cultural behaviour.
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the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [noun]
ethnology1787
ethnography1811
race science1873
ethnolinguistics1920
ethnoscience1956
the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > study of relation between language and culture
ethnolinguistics1920
metalinguistics1949
exolinguistic1953
ethnosemantics1966
1920 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 1 72 The special difficulty of bringing theoretical knowledge and opportunities of direct observation together..has not allowed ethno-linguistics to assume its proper place among the ethnographic pursuits.
1947 Amer. Anthropologist 49 589 Synchronic ethno-linguistics has so far been either particularistic or programmatic.
1974 D. DeCamp in D. DeCamp & I. F. Hancock Pidgins & Creoles 57 A fundamental axiom of ethnolinguistics: a natural language is a viable means of communication.
2003 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 20 Apr. a3/5 Erik..hopes to study ethnolinguistics and cultural geography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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