'''linguistics''' scientific study language involving analysis language form language meaning language context ref name martinet ref language first studied systematically indian scholar p ini th century bce ref name bod ref ref name fpencyclo fran ois ponsonnet ref beginning around th century bce warring states period china also developed grammatical traditions aristotle laid foundation western linguistics part study rhetoric ''poetics'' ca bc ref name swiggers wouters ref traditions arabic grammar hebrew grammar developed middle ages religious context like p nini 's sanskrit grammar modern approaches began
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