linguistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce linguistic in British English:
UK [lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk]
How to pronounce linguistic in American English:
US [lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of or related to language
- of or relating to the scientific study of language
Word Origin
- linguistic (adj.)
- 1856, from French linguistique (1833); see linguist + -ic. The use of linguistic to mean "of or pertaining to language or languages" is "hardly justifiable etymologically," according to OED, but "has arisen because lingual suggests irrelevant associations." Related: linguistically.
Example
- 1. But the difference in price also represents linguistic currency .
- 2. Their appeal is to caste , regional or linguistic loyalty .
- 3. Cultural or linguistic definitions also fail : how many roma speak romani , for instance ?
- 4. As paris is to fashion , the thinking goes , so are young women to linguistic innovation .
- 5. And the variety of jobs that computers can do is multiplying as programmers teach them to deal with tone and linguistic ambiguity .