Historical linguistics — Linguistics … Wikipedia
Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… … Wikipedia
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
historical — historically, adv. historicalness, n. /hi stawr i keuhl, stor /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research. 2. based on or reconstructed from an event, custom, style … Universalium
Historical pragmatics — is the study of language use (especially in spoken language) in its historical dimension. State of the Art Since the late 1970 s, historical linguists have discovered their growing interest in pragmatic questions first in German, then in Romance… … Wikipedia
Historical Chinese phonology — deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for… … Wikipedia
historical linguistics — n. the branch of linguistics that deals with language changes over a period of time … English World dictionary
Historical powers — include great powers, nations, or empires in history. The term Great power represent the most important world powers. In a modern context, recognised great powers came about first in Europe during the post Napoleonic era.[1] The formalization of… … Wikipedia
Historical Criticism — • The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Historical Criticism Historical Criticism … Catholic encyclopedia
linguistics — [liŋ gwis′tiks] n. [< LINGUISTIC] 1. the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics: sometimes subdivided into descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical, and geographical linguistics: often… … English World dictionary
