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linguistic
CEFRB2
/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Related to language or the study of language.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailRelating to a computer language.
Examples
Develop your linguistic competence as much as possible.
Linguistic competence is inborn, not acquired.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf or relating to language.
Of or relating to linguistics.
More examples
In contextSwearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
The message is that we need language features that deal with schematic and linguistic discrepancies.
We have argued that the ability to make judgments about well-formedness and structure holds at all four major linguistic levels — Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics.
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Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
adjective
Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist + -ic. Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”). Attested in English since 1825.