(linguistics) The scientific study of language change.

(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.

(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.

Work purporting to fall under the scholarly field of linguistics but falling short of its standards; linguistic pseudo-scholarship.

The study of language as it is used by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer speakers.

(computing, linguistics) A branch of linguistics that studies large samples (corpora) of real-world text, usually with the aid of computer software.

The levels of official use or representation of languages that are perceived not to reflect their use in the population.

(linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of linguistics that identifies, investigates and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.

(vulgar, colloquial, humorous, euphemistic) Synonym of cunnilingus.

A spatial conception of the character or use of language or languages.