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Theoretical linguistics - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Academic, Analytical, Closet, Conceptual, Conjectural, Hypothetical, Ideal, Ideological, Moot, Speculative, Transcendent, Transcendental
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Theoretical linguistics studies diverse questions: how certain languages managed to communicate, what properties all languages have in common, what knowledge a person must have to be able to use a language, and language acquisition.

see also: linguistics

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