linguistics

名词 linguistics:

1. the scientific study of language
2. the humanistic study of language and literature
   同义词：philology

1. Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting university has a linguistics department.
   语言学以往是个奇特的领域，可是如今每一所有自尊心的大学都有个语言学系。
2. A specialist in English linguistics.
   英语专家英国语言的研究专家
3. He is engaged in studies in linguistics.
   他从事于语言学的研究。
4. Literary studies have been cross-fertilized by new ideas in linguistics.
   文学研究从语言学方面的新见解中受益良多。

lin.guis.tics

n.(used with a sing. verb)Abbr. ling.（名词）（与单数动词连用）缩写 ling.
The study of the nature and structure of human speech.
语言学：研究人类语言的性质和结构的学科