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neo-linguist(dictionary)
linguist(dictionary)

neo-linguist (iou)



neo-linguist noun. M20.
[from NEO- + LINGUIST.]
Linguistics. A member of a school of linguistics best known for its theories of linguistic geography, but which orig. arose in opposition to the neogrammarians and held that linguistic change arises from individual innovation. Cf. NEOGRAMMARIAN.
neo-lin'guistic adjective of or pertaining to the neo-linguists or their views M20.