linguistic
adjective20 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.8
the scientific study of language and its structure
a framework of ideas and principles for explaining how language works
a developed proficiency in using language
the process of acquiring and evolving language skills
the capacity to use and understand language
the organization and system of a language
a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language
a person's experience with languages
the existence of a wide variety of languages in the world or in a specific area
differences in language use within a speech community
a basic component of a language system, such as a phoneme or morpheme
a specific grammatical arrangement of words in a language
the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life