| 单词 | linguistic science |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslinguistic science linguistic science n. [ < linguistic adj. + science n., probably after German Sprachwissenschaft (see the note in etymology)] the scientific study of language; linguistics; a branch or type of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] tongue-work1598 glossology1716 philology1716 linguistry1794 logonomy1803 logology1820 linguistic1825 linguistic science1825 linguistics1837 glottology1841 linguistic analysis1848 1825 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Dec. 648 We may hope to see the linguistic science extend itself more and more, and acquire a regularity in its form and principles. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. iv. 60 Phonetics, as a branch of linguistic science. 1938 Year's Work Eng. Stud. 1936 27 Philology (which scholars tend more and more to call ‘linguistic science’ or ‘linguistics’). 1964 M. A. K. Halliday et al. Ling. Sci. i. 16 ‘Descriptive linguistics’..is recognized as a separate branch of the linguistic sciences and has come to be known as ‘institutional linguistics’. 2001 L. Sanneh in K. E. Yandell Faith & Narr. 51 Holger Pedersen argues in this connection that modern linguistic science is a child of Christian missionary activity. < as lemmas |
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