Genetic — may refer to: *Genetics, in biology, the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms *Genetic (linguistics), in linguistics, a relationship between two languages with a common ancestor language *Genetic algorithm, in computer… … Wikipedia
Genetic relationship (linguistics) — In linguistics, genetic relationship is the usual term for the relationship which exists between languages that are members of the same language family. The term genealogical relationship is sometimes used to avoid confusion with the unrelated… … Wikipedia
Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… … Wikipedia
Historical linguistics — Linguistics … Wikipedia
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Socio-historical linguistics — is a relatively new field of linguistic research which represents a merger of two distinct sub disciplines of linguistics; sociolinguistics and historical (or diachronic) linguistics. Researchers in this field use sociolinguistic methods to… … Wikipedia
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Quantitative comparative linguistics — is a branch of comparative linguistics that applies mathematical models to the problem of classifying language relatedness. This includes the use of computational phylogenetics and cladistics to define an optimal tree (or network) to represent a… … Wikipedia
List of linguistics conferences — This is a list of recurring linguistics conferences. Included are also a list of organisations that hold recurring meetings under the same name. By Geographical LocationInternational*Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association… … Wikipedia
Lexis (linguistics) — In linguistics, lexis (in Greek λέξις = word) describes the storage of language in our mental lexicon as prefabricated patterns (lexical units) that can be recalled and sorted into meaningful speech and writing. Recent research in corpus… … Wikipedia
