armchair linguistics

== English == === Etymology === Etymology based on the perceived image of a linguist sitting in an armchair and pondering about language phenomena rather than carrying out field work. Compare armchair general, etc. === Noun === armchair linguistics (uncountable) (linguistics, informal) Any linguistic enterprise employing introspection rather than empirical methods, such as elicitation. Antonym: field linguistics ==== Derived terms ==== armchair linguist ==== Translations ====