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Poetics vs Linguistics - What's the difference?

poetics | linguistics |

As adjectives the difference between poetics and linguistics

is that poetics is while linguistics is .

poetics

English

Noun

(poetics)
  • (philosophy, literature) The theory of poetry, or of literature in general
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    See also

    * (wikipedia "poetics")

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    linguistics

    English

    Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Meronyms

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    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