Pseudo-linguistics
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudo-linguistics is a noun meaning Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.
Meaning
Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.
Example Sentences
Roy Medvedev deals with the less known but even odder pseudo-linguistics of Nikolai Marr.
Word Forms
- pseudolinguistics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudolinguistics, pseudoscholarship, pseudo-scholarship, pseudolanguage, pseudism, pseudointellectual.
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