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Chapter 1 Introduction Explain the following definition of linguistics: Linguistics is the scientific study of language. 请解释以下语言学的定义:语言学是对语言的科学研究。 Linguistics investigates not any particular languagebut languages in general.Linguistic study is scientific because it is baxxxxsed on the systematic investigation of authentic language data.No serious linguistic conclusion is reached until after the linguist has done the following three things: observing the way language is actually usedformulating some hypothesesand testing these hypotheses against linguistic facts to prove their validity. 语言学研究的不