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linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

phonology collapse: the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

phonetics collapse: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

paleography collapse: the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

derivation collapse: the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin; drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation; drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body; a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions; the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"; (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'

origin collapse: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"; the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero; an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

explanatory collapse: serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"

correlation collapse: a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other; a reciprocal relation between two or more things

syntactic collapse: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax; "the syntactic rules of a language"

grammatical collapse: conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"; of or pertaining to grammar; "the grammatic structure of a sentence"; "grammatical rules"; "grammatical gender"

descriptive collapse: describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language"; serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"

constructive collapse: constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"; emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism"

structural collapse: concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study; affecting or involved in structure or construction; "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage"; relating to or having or characterized by structure; "structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural simplicity"; relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure; "structural unemployment in a technological society"

linguistic collapse: consisting of or related to language; "linguistic behavior"; "a linguistic atlas"; "lingual diversity"; of or relating to the scientific study of language; "linguistic theory"

diagnostic collapse: characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"; concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic clinic"; "a diagnostic reading test"; "diagnostic information"

semantic collapse: of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

lifelike collapse: free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction"

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

trigonometry collapse: the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions

arithmetic collapse: the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

phonemic collapse: of or relating to phonemes of a particular language; "phonemic analysis"; by phonemics; "phonemically transcribed"

mathematics collapse: a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

graphic collapse: an image that is generated by a computer; describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail; "graphic sexual scenes"; evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"; written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols"; relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation of the data"; of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work"- British Book News

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