languistics

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A proposed subfield of linguistics which focuses on language learning. uncountable
    — This new field of activity—once it is clearly marked out and acknowledged—will need to be identified by a new name. We propose to call it languistics, and to call the person who is trained in this field a languist. […] Languistics will continue to find in words the present state and past history of their form and meaning, and in language the manner in which it operates and changes.
  2. Misspelling of linguistics. alt-of,misspelling

词源

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