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noun
A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without regard to the meaning of expressions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: macrolinguistics
History
From micro- + linguistics.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
