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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the scientific study of language;

2. the humanistic study of language and literature;
[syn: linguistics, philology]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Linguistics \Lin*guis"tics\ (l[i^][ng]*gw[i^]s"t[i^]ks), n. [Cf.
   F. linguistique.]
   The science of languages, or of the origin, signification,
   and application of words; glossology.
   [1913 Webster] lingulae


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

linguistics
    n 1: the scientific study of language
    2: the humanistic study of language and literature [syn:
       linguistics, philology]