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linganth

linganth noun: a linguistic anthropologist. Also the abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.

Noun

linganth (countable and uncountable, plural linganths)

  1. (countable, informal) A linguistic anthropologist.
    • Along with sociologists and psychoanalysts, linganths study identity and, more and more frequently, the process of identification (Smith 2010) – of identifying with someone or as this or that (Kulick 2009).2017, James Wilce, Culture and Communication, page xvi

Also used as

linganth is also the abbreviation of linguistic anthropology.

Forms of linganth

plurallinganths

Origin of linganth

Shortening.

Questions about linganth

What does linganth mean?
Linganth means a linguistic anthropologist.
What part of speech is linganth?
Linganth is a noun.
What is the plural of linganth?
The plural of linganth is linganths.

Words near linganth in the dictionary

  1. lingam
  2. lingam massage
  3. lingam massages
  4. lingamic
  5. lingams
  6. linganth
  7. linganths
  8. Lingao
  9. Lingard
  10. lingas
  11. Lingayat

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