Structural Linguistics Definition
noun
Language study based on the assumptions that a language is a coherent system of formal units and that the task of linguistic study is to inquire into the nature of those units and their peculiar systematic arrangement, without reference to historical antecedents or comparison with other languages.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- structuralism
- structure
- structural analysis
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