WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
applied′ linguis′tics,
- Linguisticslinguistic theory as applied to such fields as lexicography, psychology, the teaching of reading, the creation of orthographies, and esp. language teaching.
- Linguisticsthe study of practical applications of linguistics, as to telephone engineering, data processing, and data retrieval.
- 1955–60
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