Etymology

languistics

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Today it means: A proposed subfield of linguistics which focuses on language learning. Full definition →

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The story

A modification of linguistics. Coined by linguist Nelson H. Brooks in 1960 (see quotation below).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.