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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

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

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

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)

grammarian collapse: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

linguist collapse: a person who speaks more than one language; a specialist in linguistics

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

mineralogy collapse: the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them

geology collapse: a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks

Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

geography collapse: study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

lexicographer collapse: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

geophysics collapse: geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth

Yankee collapse: an American (especially to non-Americans); an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

craniology collapse: the scientific study of the skulls of various human races

politics collapse: the profession devoted to governing and to political affairs; the study of government of states and other political units; the opinion you hold with respect to political questions; social relations involving authority or power

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'

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