An linggwistika iyo an siyentipikong pag-aadal sa tataramon.[1][2] An modernong pag-aadal sa linggwistika pig-aapod na siyensya huli ta iyan sarong komprehensibo, sistematiko, obhektibong, asin precise na pag-analisar sa gabos na aspekto kan tataramon[3] — kognitibo, sosyal, pangkapalibotan, asin biyolohikal, siring man estruktural.[4] Bago an ika-20 na siglo, an linggwistika dai pigkokonsiderar na disiplinang siyentipiko.[3]
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What are the implications of the term "science" encountered in the definition on p. 1? Four aims of the scientific approach to language, often cited in introductory works on the subject, are comprehensiveness, objectivity, systematicness and precision. The contrast is usually drawn with the essentially non-scientific approach of traditional language studies—by which is meant the whole history of ideas about language from Plato and Aristotle down to the nineteenth century study of language history (comparative philology).
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