Words similar to linguistics

Example sentences for: linguistics

How can you use “linguistics” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

At that time, there was no recognition in the Academy of the existence of linguistics, which fell somewhere among the various psychology and sociology stools.
Enter a young Australian phonetician, Alex Mitchell, later to become the founding Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University, and in that capacity to appoint Arthur Delbridge, later to become Chief Editor of the Macquarie Dictionary , as Macquarie's first Professor of English and Linguistics.
The term taboo in linguistics means, simply, `proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable' [RHD2] , but Jay prefers the narrow, somewhat archaic, anthropologist's definition that focuses on “supernatural” and “ritualistic” interdiction.
One of the great joys of recreational linguistics is the chance to do original work, to discover new techniques or better examples illustrating old ones.
the compiler runs the additional risk of plunging into a discipline that requires extensive knowledge of Yiddish, Hebrew, and English linguistics, etymology, and lexicology.