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        | Descriptor English: | Linguistics | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Lingüística                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Linguística | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Linguistique | ||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Linguistic | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        L01.559.598 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008037 | ||||
| Scope note: | The science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) | 
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| Annotation: | do not confuse with LANGUAGE, SEMANTICS, TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC, PHONETICS, LITERATURE, PHILOLOGY or VOCABULARY; grammar, syntax, accent go here | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 67 | 
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| History Note: | 67(65) | 
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| DeCS ID: | 8212 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D008037 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1967/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/06/30 | 
                        
                                                                    
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| Scope note | The science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) | 
| Preferred term | Linguistics | 
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