(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.

(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.

(linguistics) Synonym of historical linguistics

Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.

linguist whose field is comparative linguistics.

(linguistics) The study of language contact

(linguistics, informal) Any linguistic enterprise employing introspection rather than empirical methods, such as elicitation.

plural of linguistic imbalance

The study of language as it is used by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer speakers.

(anthropology, originally and chiefly US) The branch of anthropology that studies language and language use.