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1. prescriptive
adjective. pertaining to giving directives or rules.
Rhymes with Prescriptive Linguistics
- criminalistics
- characteristics
- statistics'
- statistics
- heuristics
- logistics
- ballistics
- mystics
2. linguistics
noun. ['lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks'] the scientific study of language.
Synonyms
- structuralism
- cognitive science
- diachronic linguistics
- computational linguistics
- descriptive linguistics
- prescriptive linguistics
- dialect geography
- diachrony
- semantics
- pragmatics
- synchronic linguistics
- sociolinguistics
- etymology
- historical linguistics
- science
- linguistic geography
- scientific discipline
- structural linguistics
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ics (English)
- linguist (English)
3. linguistics
noun. ['lɪŋˈgwɪstɪks'] the humanistic study of language and literature.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ics (English)
- linguist (English)
