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structural linguistics

Academic term for the approach to linguistics that analyzes language as a system of interrelated structures.

posture, stance, appearance

造create, make, structure

言say, word

語word, speech, language

学study, learning, science

生せい成せい文ぶん法ぽう
Generative grammar, a later framework that contrasts with structural linguistics by focusing on innate rules.

Compound of 構造 (structure) and 言語学 (linguistics), a calque from English 'structural linguistics'.