lingvistisk

Lingvistisk is an adjective used in Danish and Norwegian to describe things related to linguistics, the scientific study of language. It appears in phrases such as lingvistisk forskning (linguistic research), lingvistisk analyse (linguistic analysis), and lingvistiske metoder (linguistic methods). The term signals a scholarly or systematic approach to language rather than general language usage.

The word derives from the Latin lingua meaning language, via the academic terms linguistics or linguistique, with the Scandinavian suffix -isk forming adjectives. The corresponding noun in these languages is usually lingvistik, denoting the field of study.

In a broad sense, lingvistisk relates to the discipline of linguistics, which covers subfields such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, historical linguistics, computational linguistics and applied linguistics. It is used in academic writing, education, and research to distinguish linguistic science from casual language description. The term supports a neutral, descriptive stance and does not imply any particular theoretical orientation by itself.

Cognates exist in many languages, and the adjective generally corresponds to the English linguistic.