linguistic
Pertaining to speech
Linguistic means relating to language or the study of language.
A linguistic analysis examines how words and sentences work.
Someone with linguistic ability has skill with languages.
A linguistic community shares a common language.
The noun linguistics is the academic study of language structure, meaning, and use.
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- inflectionWord form alteration
agreement · tense · case · gender · number · mood · aspect · voice
Regional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- diglossiaCoexisting language varieties, distinct roles
What something signifies
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
polysemy · synonymy · antonymy · homonymy · reference · sense · pragmatics · presupposition
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- consonantIn agreement with
- intonationPitch variation in speech
prosody · stress · pitch · articulation · phonology · diphthong · aspiration · voicing
Standard writing conventions
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- scriptWritten words for performance
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
logogram · syllabary · digraph · diacritic · transliteration · romanization · punctuation · hieroglyph
Source or origin tracing
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- neologismNewly created expression
root · affix · borrowing · doublet · back-formation
Affecting all equally
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- accusativeCase for direct objects
morphology
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
inflection · agreement · tense · case · gender · number · mood · aspect · voice · participle
dialect
Regional language variety
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
diglossia · pidgin · creole · idiolect · prestige · sociolect
meaning
What something signifies
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
connotation · polysemy · synonymy · antonymy · homonymy · reference · sense · pragmatics · presupposition · metaphor
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
intonation · prosody · stress · pitch · articulation · phonology · diphthong · aspiration · voicing · sonority
orthography
Standard writing conventions
grapheme · logogram · syllabary · digraph · diacritic · transliteration · romanization · punctuation · hieroglyph · cuneiform
derivation
Source or origin tracing
- cognateWord sharing etymological origin
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
neologism · root · affix · borrowing · doublet · back-formation
universal
Affecting all equally
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- languageword, words, grammar, spelling, alphabet
- word stuffthesaurus, dictionary, glossary, lexicon, wordbook
- Learning Stylesauditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactile, verbal
- professional fieldsmedical, legal, technical, financial, scientific
- versatileversatile, well-rounded, multitalented, all-rounder, multifaceted
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
linguisticnonverbal
Not using speech
nonlinguistic · non-verbal · gestural · extralinguistic · kinesic
linguisticmathematical
Of or involving computation
numerical · scientific · biological · physical · chemical
linguisticspatial
Relating to physical extent
visual · kinesthetic · proprioceptive · emotional · sensorimotor
- linguistic isolationSeparation through unshared speech
- linguistic atlasMaps showing speech patterns
- linguistic purismResistance to language change
- linguistic diffusionTransmission of speech features
- forensic linguisticsLanguage analysis for courts
- linguistic hybridityFusion of language elements
linguist, linguistics, linguists, linguistically, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics