1. Noun
Criticism; grammatical learning.
2. Noun
The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.
3. Noun
A treatise on the science of language.
4. Noun
the humanistic study of language and literature
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