See Also: layperson(dictionary)

linguistics (iou) and layperson (oh)


linguistics (iou)



linguistics noun. M19.
[from LINGUISTIC: see -ICS.]
The branch of knowledge that deals with language.
applied linguistics, area linguistics, historical linguistics, mathematical linguistics, structural linguistics, systemic linguistics, text linguistics, theoretical linguistics, etc. ethnolinguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, etc.

layperson (oh)



[C]
a layman or laywoman