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clinical linguistics

clinical linguistics noun: a subset of applied linguistics that specializes in understanding, analyzing, and treating language disabilities.

Noun

clinical linguistics (uncountable)

  1. A subset of applied linguistics that specializes in understanding, analyzing, and treating language disabilities.

Questions about clinical linguistics

What does clinical linguistics mean?
Clinical linguistics means a subset of applied linguistics that specializes in understanding, analyzing, and treating language disabilities.
What part of speech is clinical linguistics?
Clinical linguistics is a noun.

Words near clinical linguistics in the dictionary

  1. clinical equipoise
  2. clinical exam
  3. clinical examination
  4. clinical examinations
  5. clinical hypothermia
  6. clinical linguistics
  7. clinical manifestation
  8. clinical medicine
  9. clinical pathology
  10. clinical psychology
  11. clinical stamp

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