Does the study of language have an -ology word, or is it simply linguistics?

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Posted in categories: English, Linguistics

The study of language has an -ology word in Greek (unsurprisingly enough): γλωσσολογία /ɣlosoloɣia/, “language-ology”. Italian uses the more Attic version sometimes as well: glottologia.

Beyond those, yeah, linguistics.

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