言語学(げんごがく)

げんごがく
noun
linguistics
languageeducation
1. linguistics; the scientific study of language
The academic discipline that studies language structure, usage, history, and acquisition. Encompasses subfields like phonetics, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics.
大学(だいがく)で言語学(げんごがく)を学(まな)ぶ。
To study linguistics at university.
言語学(げんごがく)の授業(じゅぎょう)は面白(おもしろ)かった。
The linguistics class was interesting.
彼女(かのじょ)は言語学(げんごがく)の研究者(けんきゅうしゃ)で、日本語(にほんご)の方言(ほうげん)について論文(ろんぶん)を書(か)いている。
She is a linguistics researcher who is writing a paper on Japanese dialects.

Composed of 言語(げんご) (language) and 学(がく) (study/discipline). The scientific study of language as a system, distinct from the practical study of a specific language.

Common collocations

Subfields

  • 音声学(おんせいがく): phonetics
  • 音韻論(おんいんろん): phonology
  • 統語論(とうごろん): syntax
  • 意味論(いみろん): semantics
  • 語用論(ごようろん): pragmatics

Similar words

  • 語学(ごがく): language study — practical study of foreign languages, not the scientific discipline
  • 国語学(こくごがく): Japanese language studies — the study of the Japanese language specifically
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