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  1. affix
    attach to
  2. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
  3. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  4. lingua franca
    a common language used by speakers of different languages
  5. semantics
    the study of language meaning
  6. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  7. syllable
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
  8. phoneme
    a distinct speech sound in a particular language
  9. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  10. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  11. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  12. idiomatic
    relating to the natural expressions of native speakers
  13. idiomatic expression
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
  14. accent
    special importance or significance
  15. enunciate
    express or state clearly
  16. articulate
    express or state clearly
  17. conjunction
    the state of being joined together
  18. clause
    a separate section of a legal document
  19. hyphen
    a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a word
  20. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  21. homonymic
    pronounced or spelled the same but having different meanings
  22. imperative form
    a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
  23. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  24. contracted
    reduced in size or pulled together
  25. gerund
    a noun formed from a verb
  26. gerundial
    relating to or like a gerund
  27. hedonistic
    devoted to pleasure
  28. pneumatic
    relating to or using air or a similar gas
  29. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  30. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
  31. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  32. viviparous
    producing living young and not eggs
  33. denunciation
    a public act of condemnation
  34. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  35. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  36. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  37. substrate
    the material that is acted upon by an enzyme
  38. indigenous language
    a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere
  39. pidgin
    a simplified language allowing communication between groups
  40. creole
    a mother tongue created by contact between two languages
  41. lingua franca
    a common language used by speakers of different languages
  42. philology
    the humanistic study of language and literature
  43. prosody
    the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
  44. intonation
    the act of singing in a monotonous tone
  45. modulation
    the act of adjusting according to due measure and proportion
  46. inflection
    the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
  47. pragmatics
    the study of language use
  48. lexical semantics
    the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
  49. utterance
    the use of spoken sounds for auditory communication
  50. topicalization
    (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English
  51. pitch contour
    rise and fall of the voice pitch
  52. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  53. accent
    special importance or significance
  54. polysemous
    having many meanings
  55. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  56. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
  57. phonology
    the study of the sound system of a given language
  58. morpheme
    the smallest meaningful language unit
  59. grammatical
    of or pertaining to the rules that structure language
  60. suspended
    supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy
  61. cognate
    related by blood
  62. allophone
    (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Created on Sun Apr 17 21:04:23 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Oct 31 12:43:36 EDT 2013)

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