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adjective.
consisting of or related to language
adjective.
of or relating to the scientific study of language
Word Usage
"If parents shape the linguistic environment of their offspring, and if we all shape the linguistic environments of our conspecifics (merely by talking to them!) then the possibility of a ˜linguistic ratchet effect™ is clearly open."