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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain go
the content of a particular field of knowledge

study, discipline, field, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, bailiwick go
a branch of knowledge

science, scientific discipline go
a particular branch of scientific knowledge

linguistics
the scientific study of language

noun.cognition

12 Subcategories

computational linguistics go
the use of computers for linguistic research and applications
dialect geography, linguistic geography go
the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
etymology go
the study of the sources and development of words
historical linguistics, diachronic linguistics, diachrony go
the study of linguistic change
neurolinguistics go
the branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure and function of the nervous system
pragmatics go
the study of language use
semantics go
the study of language meaning
sociolinguistics go
the study of language in relation to its sociocultural context
structuralism, structural linguistics go
linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
synchronic linguistics go
the study of a language without reference to its historical context
descriptive linguistics go
a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
prescriptive linguistics go
an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used