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neolinguistics

neolinguistics noun: a school of linguistics founded by Matteo Bartoli as a reaction to the Neogrammarians.

Noun

neolinguistics (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A school of linguistics founded by Matteo Bartoli as a reaction to the Neogrammarians.

Origin of neolinguistics

From neo- + linguistics.

Questions about neolinguistics

What does neolinguistics mean?
Neolinguistics means a school of linguistics founded by Matteo Bartoli as a reaction to the Neogrammarians.
What part of speech is neolinguistics?
Neolinguistics is a noun.

Words near neolinguistics in the dictionary

  1. neolignanes
  2. neolignans
  3. neoline
  4. neolinguist
  5. neolinguistic
  6. neolinguistics
  7. neolinguists
  8. neolite
  9. neolites
  10. neolith
  11. neolithic

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