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What is the difference between ethnolinguistics and linguistics?

ethnolinguistics | linguistics | Derived terms |

Ethnolinguistics is a derived term of linguistics.


As nouns the difference between ethnolinguistics and linguistics

is that ethnolinguistics is the field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group while linguistics is the scientific study of language.

ethnolinguistics

English

Noun

(wikipedia ethnolinguistics) (-)
  • The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.

    • Related terms

    * ethnolinguist * ethnolinguistic

    linguistics

    English

    Noun

    (wikiversity linguistics lecture) (wikipedia linguistics) (-)
  • The scientific study of language.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * algebraic linguistics * applied linguistics * archaeolinguistics * biolinguistics * clinical linguistics * comparative linguistics * computational linguistics * diachronic linguistics * ecolinguistics * ethnolinguistics * Eurolinguistics * evolutionary linguistics * historical linguistics * interlinguistics * metalinguistics * microlinguistics * neurolinguistics * paleolinguistics * pseudolinguistics * psycholinguistics * sociolinguistics * theolinguistics * xenolinguistics

    Related terms

    * linguist * linguistic

    See also

    * diction * grammar * morphology * philology * phonetics * phonology * pragmatics * semantics * syntax