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historical linguistics vs linguistics

linguistics vs historical linguistics

historical linguistics and linguistics both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
historical linguistics Yes No No No
linguistics Yes No No No
As nouns, linguistics is a hypernym of historical linguistics; that is, linguistics is a word with a broader meaning than historical linguistics:
  • historical linguistics: the study of linguistic change
  • linguistics: the scientific study of language
historical linguistics (noun) linguistics (noun)
the study of linguistic change the scientific study of language
the humanistic study of language and literature
Difference between historical linguistics and linguistics

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