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Meaning of "microlinguistics" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MICROLINGUISTICS

ˈmaɪkrəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROLINGUISTICS

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Microlinguistics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MICROLINGUISTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microlinguistics

Microlinguistics is a branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems in the abstract, without regard to the meaning or notional content of linguistic expressions. In micro-linguistics, language is reduced to the abstract mental elements of syntax and phonology. It contrasts with macro-linguistics, which includes meanings, and especially with sociolinguistics, which studies how language and meaning function within human social systems. The term micro-linguistics was first used in print by George L. Trager, in an article published in 1949 in Studies in Linguistics: Occasional Papers.

Definition of microlinguistics in the English dictionary

The definition of microlinguistics in the dictionary is the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract and which looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROLINGUISTICS

ballistics · biostatistics · cladistics · criminalistics · ekistics · ethnolinguistics · floristics · geolinguistics · heuristics · linguistics · logistics · macrolinguistics · metalinguistics · neurolinguistics · paralinguistics · patristics · psycholinguistics · sociolinguistics · statistics · stylistics

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROLINGUISTICS

microinjection · microinstruction · microjet · microlepidoptera · microlight · microlighting · microlite · microliter · microlith · microlithic · microlitic · microlitre · microloan · micrologic · micrological · micrologically · micrologist · micrology · microluces · microlux

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROLINGUISTICS

acoustics · aeroacoustics · bioacoustics · computational linguistics · descriptive linguistics · descriptive statistics · diagnostics · electroacoustics · general linguistics · gymnastics · historical linguistics · inferential statistics · mathematics · nonparametric statistics · onomastics · parametric statistics · psychoacoustics · quantum statistics · rhythmic gymnastics · structural linguistics · vital statistics

Synonyms and antonyms of microlinguistics in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microlinguistics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROLINGUISTICS

Find out the translation of microlinguistics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of microlinguistics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microlinguistics» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

microlinguistics
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

microlinguistics
570 millions of speakers
en

English

microlinguistics
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

microlinguistics
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

microlinguistics
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

microlinguistics
278 millions of speakers
pt

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microlinguistics
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

microlinguistics
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

microlinguistics
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Microlinguistics
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

microlinguistics
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

microlinguistics
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

microlinguistics
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Microlinguistics
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

microlinguistics
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

microlinguistics
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोोलॉजिकलिक्स
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

microlinguistics
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

microlinguistics
65 millions of speakers
pl

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microlinguistics
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

microlinguistics
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

microlinguistics
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

microlinguistics
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mikrolinguistiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microlinguistics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

microlinguistics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microlinguistics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROLINGUISTICS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of microlinguistics
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microlinguistics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROLINGUISTICS»

Discover the use of microlinguistics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microlinguistics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Natural Language and Universal Grammar: Essays in Linguistic ...
My second and major dichotomy is between "microlinguistics" and " macrolinguistics". I do not very much like these terms, and I may be employing them in a somewhat different sense from that in which they have been used by other linguists.22 ...
John Lyons, 1991
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Microsociology: Discourse, Emotion, and Social Structure
6. Microlinguistics: A. Theory. of. Social. Action. The last chapter proposed a mechanism for social control: the deference- emotion system. In this chapter, I connect emotion and cognition in a theory of social action.1 The problem of social ...
Thomas J. Scheff, 1994
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On the Economy of Plant Form and Function: Proceedings of ...
My second and major dichotomy is between "microlinguistics" and " macrolinguistics". 1 do not very much like these terms, and 1 may be employing them in a somewhat different sense from that in which they have been used by other linguists.
Thomas J. Givnish, 1986
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Prosodic Systems and Intonation in English
Here the object of study is cut up into a central area and peripheral fields: the field as a whole (' macrolinguistics ') is divided into 'pre- linguistics', ' microlinguistics ' and 'metalinguistics'. Prelinguistics studies language sounds considered ...
David Crystal, 1976
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and ...
It is the controversial 'en elle-meme et pour elle-meme' which distinguishes theoretical microlinguistics from the various subbranches of theoretical macrolinguistics: psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, etc. They too have their own distinctive ...
James E. Alatis, 1989
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
Cf. MICROLINGUISTICS n. pl. 1949 G. L. TRACER in Stud. in Ling: Occasional Papers 1. 2 The whole of the field concerned with language. .we shall call Macrolinguistics. The three subdivisions we shall call Prelinguistics, Microlinguistics, ...
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and ...
(2) Theoretical linguistics must not be restricted to microlinguistics, in contrast with sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, ethnolinguistics, stylistics, etc. Microlinguistics (so-called autonomous linguistics) is, in principle, no more and no less ...
James E. Alatis, 1990
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The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in the African ...
microlinguistics. of. identity. We have so far discussed the question of African languages in the African American experience at a macro-linguistic political level. What, then, are some of its micro- linguistic political manifestations? There is no ...
Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin M. Mazrui, 1998
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The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics
MICROLINGUISTICS. OF. DYING. LANGUAGES. As a language is lost, it changes and is subject to attrition. Structures and features drop away, its functions diminish, its range of variation reduces. When we compare this with the information ...
Allan Bell, 2013
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e-Study Guide for: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: ...
Microlinguistics: Microlinguistics is a branch of linguistics that concerns itself with the study of language systems intheabstract, without regard to the meaning or notional contentof linguistic expressions. In microlinguistics, language is reduced  ...
Cram101 Textbook Reviews, 2012
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Microlinguistics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/microlinguistics>. May 2024 ».
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