quantitative linguistics

noun

A branch of general linguistics that employs statistical methods to explore language learning, change, and structure.

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nounquantitative linguistics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA branch of general linguistics that employs statistical methods to explore language learning, change, and structure.
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