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Speech sounds, word formation, grammar, meaning, and language varieties.
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affix
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/əˈfɪks/
to attach or fasten; a prefix or suffix added to a word
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archaic
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/ɑrˈkeɪɪk/
belonging to an earlier period; old-fashioned or no longer in use
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ellipsis
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/ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
the omission of words, or the mark (…) indicating such omission
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obsolete
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/ˌɑbsəˈlit/
no longer in use or out of date
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vernacular
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/vɚˈnækjələr/
the everyday language of ordinary people in a region
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lemma
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/ˈlɛmə/
a subsidiary proposition proved as a step toward a theorem; a headword
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lexicon
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/ˈlɛksɪkɑn/
the vocabulary of a language, person, or field; a dictionary
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argot
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/ˈɑrɡoʊ/
the specialized slang or jargon of a particular group
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derivation
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/ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃən/
the origin or source of something, especially a word's formation
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dialect
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/ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt/
a regional or social variety of a language with distinctive features
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durative
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/ˈdʊrətɪv/
in grammar, denoting continuing or ongoing action
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semivowel
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/ˈsɛmiˌvaʊəl/
a speech sound such as w or y that functions like both vowel and consonant
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simile
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/ˈsɪməli/
a figure of speech comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
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transcription
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/trænˈskrɪpʃən/
a written or printed representation of something said or recorded
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ambisyllabic
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/ˌæmbɪsɪˈlæbɪk/
of a consonant belonging to two adjacent syllables at once
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articulatory
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/ɑrˈtɪkjələˌtɔri/
relating to the physical production of speech sounds
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conjugation
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/ˌkɑndʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
the set of inflected forms of a verb, or the act of forming them
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inchoative
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/ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/
expressing the beginning of an action or a change of state, especially in grammar
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infix
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/ˈɪnfɪks/
an affix inserted within a word, or to fix something firmly inside
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modal
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/ˈmoʊdəl/
relating to mode or form; in grammar, expressing possibility or necessity
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modifier
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/ˈmɑdəˌfaɪər/
a word or element that qualifies or limits the meaning of another
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monosyllabic
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/ˌmɑnoʊsɪˈlæbɪk/
consisting of one syllable; using few words and uncommunicative
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prosody
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/ˈprɑsədi/
the patterns of rhythm, stress, and intonation in speech or verse
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reflexive
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/rɪˈflɛksɪv/
performed automatically; in grammar, referring back to the subject
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sentential
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/sɛnˈtɛnʃəl/
relating to a sentence or to logical propositions
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suppletion
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/səˈpliʃən/
in linguistics, the use of an unrelated form to complete a word's paradigm
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syllabary
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/ˈsɪləˌbɛri/
a set of written characters each representing a syllable
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