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(Former) German Democratic Republic
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(Former) Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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(Former) Habsburg Empire
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(Former) Ottoman Empire
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(Former) Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth
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(Former) Soviet Union
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A-bar movement see: Movement
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Generative grammar
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Abbreviation
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Abessive
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Abjad
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Abkhazia
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Ablative
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Ablaut
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Absolute construction
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Absolute vs. relative tense
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Tense
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Absolutive
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Abstractive morphology
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Abugida
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Academic text
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Accent
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Accommodation
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Accusative
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Accusativus-cum-infinitivo see: Raising
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Acoustic phonetics
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Acquisition order see: Order of acquisition
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Acquisition planning
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Acronym see: Abbreviation
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Actionality see: Aktionsart
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Active voice
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Voice
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Actual sentence perspective see: Prague school
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Structuralism
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Adaptation
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Address
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Adjective
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Part of speech
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Adjunct
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Admirative see: Mirativity
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Adposition
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Adstrate
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Adverb
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Part of speech
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Adverbial
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Affect see: Emotion
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Affix
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Affricate
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Obstruent < Consonant
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Afghanistan
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Africa
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Age
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Agent
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Semantic role
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Agentive cognitive construction grammar
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Agglutinating languages see: Agglutination
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Agglutination
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Agglutinative see: Agglutination
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Agrammatism
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Agreement
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Agreement by correspondence
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Agreement by projection
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Aktionsart
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Alaska
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Albania
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Alethic modality see: Modality
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Algeria
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Allative (directional) see: Directional
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Allative (locative) see: Locative (case)
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Case marking
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Allocutive
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Allomorph
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Allophone
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Alphabet
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Alternative semantics
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Alveolar
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Consonant
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Alzheimer’s
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Ambiguity
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A-movement see: Movement
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Generative grammar
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Analogy
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Anaphora
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Andorra
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Angola
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Animacy
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Animal communication
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Annotation see: Tagging
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Anthropological linguistics see: Ethnolinguistics
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Anthroponymy
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Anticausative see: Unaccusative
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Intransitive construction
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Antipassive
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Voice
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Antonymy
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Aorist
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Aphasia
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Apheresis see: Elision
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Sound change
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Apocope see: Elision
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Sound change
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Apodosis see: Conditional
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Apophony see: Ablaut
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Applicative
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Applied language typology
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Applied linguistics
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Apposition
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Appraisal theory
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Approximant
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Archaism
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Areal linguistics see: Linguistic area
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Argentina
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Argot see: Sociolect
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Argument alternation see: Syntactic alternation
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Argument marking
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Argument structure see: Valency
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Argumentation
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Armenia
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Artificial grammar learning
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Article see: Determiner
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Function word
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Articulation
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Articulatory phonetics
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Articulatory phonology
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Aruba
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Asia
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Aspect
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Aspiration
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Assimilation
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Sound change
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Associative plural
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At-issueness
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Attrition
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Attrition (language loss) see: Language loss
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Auditory phonetics
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Augment
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Augmentative
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Australia
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Austria
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Authorship attribution
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Autism
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Autolexical grammar
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Automatic speech recognition
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Autosegmental phonology
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Auxiliary
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Function word
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Azerbaijan
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Babbling
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Baby talk see: Child-directed speech
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Input
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Bahia
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Bahrain
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Balearic Islands
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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Bare phrase structure
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Basic linguistic theory
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Basque Country
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Belarus
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Belgian Congo
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Belgium
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Belize
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Beneficiary
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Semantic role
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Benin
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Bhutan
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Bibliography
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Bilabial see: Labial
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Consonant
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Bilingual education see: Language(s) of instruction
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Bilingualism/plurilingualism (simultaneous)
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Binding
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Generative grammar
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Biographical data
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Biolinguistics
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Bleaching
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Blending theory
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Body part
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Lexical field
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Bolivia
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Bootstrapping
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Borneo
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Borrowing
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Botswana
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Brain damage
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Brazil
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Broca see: Modularity
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Brunei
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Bulgaria
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Burkina Faso
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Burundi
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C/edge linking
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Calque see: Loan translation
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Cambodia
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Cameroon
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Canada
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Canonical typology
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Cape Verde
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Cape York Peninsula
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Capitalization
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Caribbean
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Cartography
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Generative grammar
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Case (accusative) see: Accusative
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Case (dative) see: Dative
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Case (ergative) see: Ergativity
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Case system
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Case (genitive) see: Genitive
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Case (nominative) see: Nominative
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Case alternation
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Case assignment see: Case government
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Case government
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Case in generative grammar
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Generative grammar
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Case marking
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Case system
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Casus generalis see: Case system
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Casus obliquus (accusative) see: Accusative
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Casus obliquus (case marking) see: Case marking
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Casus obliquus (case system) see: Case system
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Casus obliquus (dative) see: Dative
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Casus obliquus (genitive) see: Genitive
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Catalonia
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Cataphora see: Anaphora
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Categorial grammar
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Causal
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Causative
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Central Africa
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Central African Republic
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Central America
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Central Asia
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Central Europe
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Chain shift
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Change of state verb
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Character
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Child-directed speech
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Input
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Chile
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China
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Choice see: Language choice
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Circumfix
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Circumposition
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Classifier
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Clause linkage
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Cleft construction see: Clefting
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Clefting
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Click
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Consonant
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Clipping see: Truncation
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Clitic
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Function word
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Coalescence
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Coarticulation
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Coda
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Syllable
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Code-mixing see: Code-switching
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Code-switching
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Codification
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Cognate
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Cognition
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Cognitive construction grammar
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Cognitive grammar see: Cognitive linguistics
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Cognitive linguistics
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Cognitive Metaphor Theory
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Cohesion
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Collective noun see: Mass/count noun
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Collocation
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Colloquial
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Colombia
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Color
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Lexical field
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Columbia School
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Comitative
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Commissive see: Speech act
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Commitment space semantics
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Common ground
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Comoros
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Comparative
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Comparative linguistics
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Complementation
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Subordination < Complex sentence
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Complementizer see: Conjunction
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Function word
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Complex sentence
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Complexity theory
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Composition see: Compound
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Compound
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Computational linguistics
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Computer-mediated communication
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Register
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Conceptual blending theory see: Blending theory
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|
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Conceptual integration theory
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Conceptual metaphor theory
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Conceptual semantics
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Concessive
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Concord see: Agreement
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Conditional
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Conditional mood see: Mood
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Conjoint/disjoint alternation
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Conjugation
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Conjunction
|
Function word
|
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Connectionism
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Connective see: Conjunction
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Function word
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Connectivity see: Clause linkage
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Connotation
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Conservativity
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Consonant
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Consonant cluster
|
Consonant
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Consonant duration
|
Consonant
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Consonant harmony
|
Assimilation < Sound change
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Construction grammar
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Construction morphology
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Constructivist approach
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Containment theory
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Content question
|
Interrogative
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Context
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Context-free grammar
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Contextual prosodic theory
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Contiguity theory
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Contrastive analysis
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Control
|
Generative grammar
|
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Converb
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Convergence
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Conversation analysis
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Conversion
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Coordination
|
Complex sentence
|
|
Cophonology theory
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|
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Copula
|
Function word
|
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Coreference
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|
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Coronal
|
Consonant
|
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Corpus
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Corpus linguistics
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Corpus planning
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Correlative
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Corsica
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Costa Rica
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Cotext see: Context
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Count/mass noun see: Mass/count noun
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Counterfactual
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Coverb see: Serial verb
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Creation of writing systems see: Codification
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Creole genesis
|
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Creolization see: Creole genesis
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Crete
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Critical discourse analysis
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|
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Critical genre analysis
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Critical metaphor analysis
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Critical period
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Croatia
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Cross-cultural interaction see: Intercultural communication
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Cuba
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Cultural linguistics
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|
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Cuneiform
|
|
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CV phonology
|
|
|
CVCV phonology see: Strict CV phonology
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|
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Cyclic linearization
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Cyclic morphology
|
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Cyprus
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Cyrillic
|
Alphabet
|
|
Czech Republic
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Dagestan
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DAM see: Differential argument marking
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Database
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Dative
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Dative alternation
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Deadjectival
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Death see: Language death
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|
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Declarative
|
Illocution
|
|
Declarative phonology
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Declension
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Default semantics
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Definiteness
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|
Degrammaticalization see: Grammaticalization
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|
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Degree
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Deixis
|
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Deletion
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Deletion of sounds see: Elision
|
Sound change
|
|
Deliberate metaphor theory
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|
|
Delineation semantics
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|
|
Dementia
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Demography
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Demonstrative
|
Function word
|
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Denmark
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Denominal
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Dental
|
Consonant
|
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Deontic modality
|
Modality
|
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Dependency grammar
|
Structuralism
|
|
Dependency phonology
|
|
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Dependent case theory
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|
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Dependent type semantics
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|
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Depictive secondary predication see: Secondary predication
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Predication
|
|
Derivational morphology
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|
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Derivational optimality theory
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|
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Desiderative
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Determiner
|
Function word
|
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Determiner phrase
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Deverbal
|
|
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Devoicing
|
Sound change
|
|
Diachronic construction grammar
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|
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Diachronic prototype semantics
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|
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Dialect change
|
|
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Dialect contact
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|
|
Dialect convergence see: Dialect change
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|
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Dialect levelling see: Dialect change
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|
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Dialect loss and maintenance
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Dialectal lexicon
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Dialectology
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Dialogic syntax
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Dictionary
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Differential argument marking
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Differential object marking
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Diffusion
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Diglossia
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|
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Diminutive
|
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Diphthong
|
Vowel
|
|
Direct object
|
Object
|
|
Direct vs. inverse see: Inverse
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|
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Directional
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|
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Directive speech act see: Request
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Speech act
|
|
Discourse analysis
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|
|
Discourse genre see: Text type
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|
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Discourse grammar see: Text grammar
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|
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Discourse marker
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|
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Discourse representation theory
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|
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Dislocation
|
Word order
|
|
Disorders of language development
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|
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Dispersion theory
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|
|
Dissertation
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|
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Dissimilation
|
Sound change
|
|
Distributed language theory
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|
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Distributed morphology
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Generative grammar
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Distributed syntax
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Distributional semantics
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|
|
Ditransitive
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Divergence
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|
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Documentation see: Language documentation
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|
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Dorsal
|
Consonant
|
|
DOT see: Derivational optimality theory
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|
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Double object
|
Object
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Double verb construction
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|
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Down syndrome
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|
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DP see: Determiner phrase
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Generative grammar
|
|
DRT see: Discourse representation theory
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|
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Dual
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Number
|
|
Dual linguistics
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|
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Dual route
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|
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Dummy see: Expletive
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|
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Durative see: Aktionsart
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|
|
Dynamic semantics
|
|
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Dynamic syntax
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|
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Dynamic systems theory
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|
|
Dysgrammatism see: Agrammatism
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|
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Dyslexia
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|
|
Early bilingualism
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|
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East Africa
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|
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East Asia
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|
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East Timor
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|
|
ECM see: Raising
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|
|
Ecolinguistics
|
|
|
Economy (in generative syntax) see: Minimalism
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Generative grammar
|
|
ECP see: Empty category
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Ecuador
|
|
|
Egophoricity
|
|
|
Egypt
|
|
|
Ejective
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Elative see: Degree
|
|
|
Element theory
|
|
|
Elicitation
|
|
|
Elision
|
Sound change
|
|
Ellipsis
|
|
|
Embodied construction grammar
|
|
|
Embodied simulation theory
|
|
|
Emergent grammar
|
|
|
Emoji
|
|
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Emotion
|
|
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Emphasis
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|
|
Emphatic consonant see: Pharyngeal
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Consonant
|
|
Empty category
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Empty category principle see: Empty category
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Empty head see: Head
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|
|
Enantiosemy
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|
|
Enclitic see: Clitic
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Function word
|
|
Endangered language
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|
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Ending
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|
|
Entrenchment-and-conventionalization model
|
|
|
Epenthesis
|
Sound change
|
|
Epistemic
|
|
|
Epistemic modality see: Epistemic
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|
|
EPP see: Extended projection principle
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Generative grammar
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
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|
|
Ergative see: Ergativity
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Case system
|
|
Ergativity
|
Case system
|
|
ERP see: Event-related potential
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|
|
Erratum
|
|
|
Estonia
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|
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Eswatini
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|
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Ethiopia
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|
|
Ethnicity
|
|
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Ethnolect
|
|
|
Ethnolinguistics
|
|
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Ethnonym
|
|
|
Etymology
|
|
|
Euphemism
|
|
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Eurasia
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|
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Europe
|
|
|
European structuralism see: Prague school
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Structuralism
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|
European Union
|
|
|
Evaluative
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|
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Event semantics
|
|
|
Event-related potential
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|
|
Evidentiality
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|
|
Evolution
|
|
|
Evolutionary phonology
|
|
|
Exaptation
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|
|
Exceptional case marking see: Raising
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|
|
Exclamative
|
Illocution
|
|
Exemplar theory
|
|
|
Exhaustivity
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|
|
Existential
|
|
|
Exoskeletal model
|
|
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Experiencer
|
Semantic role
|
|
Experimental phonetics/phonology
|
|
|
Experimental pragmatics
|
|
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Experimental semantics
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|
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Experimental syntax
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|
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Expletive
|
|
|
Extended projection principle
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Eye movement
|
|
|
Factivity
|
|
|
Facultative modality see: Modality
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|
|
Falkland Islands
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|
|
FDG see: Functional discourse grammar
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Functionalism
|
|
Feature checking
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Generative grammar
|
|
Feature geometry
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|
|
Feminine gender see: Gender
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|
|
Feminist linguistics see: Gender issues
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|
|
Fieldwork
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|
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Finiteness
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|
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Finland
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|
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First language acquisition by pre-school children
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|
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First language acquisition by school children
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|
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First language acquisition, child language
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|
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First phase syntax
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|
|
Flap
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|
|
Flora and fauna
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Lexical field
|
|
Fluid construction grammar
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|
|
fMRI see: Functional magnetic resonance imaging
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|
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Focus
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Information structure
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|
Folk etymology
|
|
|
Folk taxonomy
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|
|
Food and drink
|
Lexical field
|
|
Foot
|
|
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Force dynamics
|
|
|
Foreign accent
|
|
|
Foreign language learning see: Foreign language learning/teaching
|
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|
Foreign language learning/teaching
|
|
|
Foreign language teaching see: Foreign language learning/teaching
|
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|
Foreigner talk see: Accommodation
|
|
|
Forensic linguistics
|
|
|
Form of address see: Address
|
|
|
Formal models
|
|
|
Formal semantics
|
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|
Fortis see: Plosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Fortition
|
|
|
Frame semantics
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
Free indirect speech
|
|
|
French Guiana
|
|
|
Frequency (phonetics)
|
|
|
Frequency of occurrence
|
|
|
Frequentative
|
|
|
Fricative
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Fricativization see: Spirantization
|
Sound change
|
|
Fronting see: Dislocation
|
Word order
|
|
Frustrative
|
|
|
Function word
|
|
|
Functional discourse grammar
|
Functionalism
|
|
Functional generative description
|
|
|
Functional grammar see: Functionalism
|
|
|
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
|
|
|
Functional sentence perspective see: Prague school
|
Structuralism
|
|
Functional style see: Register
|
|
|
Functionalism
|
|
|
Fusion (polysynthesis) see: Polysynthesis
|
|
|
Fusion (synthesis vs. analysis) see: Synthesis vs. analysis
|
|
|
Future
|
Tense
|
|
Future perfect see: Future
|
Tense
|
|
Fuzziness
|
|
|
Gabon
|
|
|
Galicia
|
|
|
Gapping
|
|
|
Garden path theory
|
|
|
GB see: Generative grammar
|
|
|
Geminate
|
Consonant
|
|
Gender
|
|
|
Gender issues
|
|
|
Gender variation
|
|
|
General
|
|
|
Generalization see: Simplification
|
|
|
Generalized Quantifier Theory
|
|
|
Generative grammar
|
|
|
Generative lexicon
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Generic reference
|
Reference
|
|
Genetic affiliation
|
|
|
Genitive
|
|
|
Genre see: Literary text
|
|
|
Georgia
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
Gerund
|
|
|
Gerundive
|
|
|
Gesture
|
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Gibraltar
|
|
|
Ghana
|
|
|
Given-new see: Information structure
|
|
|
Glagolitic
|
Alphabet
|
|
Glide
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Globalization
|
|
|
Glossing
|
|
|
Glottal
|
Consonant
|
|
Glottochronology
|
|
|
Glue semantics
|
|
|
Government
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Government and binding see: Generative grammar
|
|
|
Government phonology
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Gradient symbolic representation
|
|
|
Grammar acquisition
|
|
|
Grammar, morphosyntax
|
|
|
Grammar matrix
|
|
|
Grammatical borrowing
|
|
|
Grammatical semantics
|
|
|
Grammaticalization
|
|
|
Grammaticography
|
|
|
Gran Canarian Spanish
|
|
|
Grapheme
|
|
|
Grapholinguistics
|
|
|
Greece
|
|
|
Greenland
|
|
|
Guam
|
|
|
Guatemala
|
|
|
Guided second language acquisition
|
|
|
Guinea
|
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
|
|
Habitual
|
Aspect
|
|
Haiti
|
|
|
Handbook
|
|
|
Hangul
|
Alphabet
|
|
Harmonic grammar
|
|
|
Harmonic serialism
|
Optimality theory
|
|
Harmonious discourse analysis
|
|
|
Hawaii
|
|
|
Head
|
|
|
Head-driven phrase structure grammar
|
|
|
Headless construction see: Head
|
|
|
Hearing impairment
|
|
|
Hedging see: Mitigation
|
|
|
Heritage language
|
|
|
Hiatus
|
Vowel
|
|
Hieroglyph
|
|
|
Hiragana see: Kana
|
Syllabary
|
|
Historical construction grammar
|
|
|
Historical lexicography
|
|
|
Historical lexicology
|
|
|
Historical linguistics and language change
|
|
|
Historical morphology
|
|
|
Historical phonology see: Sound change
|
|
|
Historical pragmatics
|
|
|
Historical present
|
|
|
Historical semantics see: Semantic change
|
|
|
Historical sociolinguistics
|
|
|
Historical syntax
|
|
|
History of linguistics
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Antiquity
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Arab tradition
|
|
|
History of linguistics: East Asian tradition
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Eighteenth century
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Indian tradition
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Middle Ages
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Nineteenth century
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Non-Western traditions
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Renaissance
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Seventeenth century
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Twentieth century
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Twenty-first century
|
|
|
History of linguistics: Western traditions
|
|
|
History of organizations
|
|
|
Holophrase see: Ellipsis
|
|
|
Homonymy
|
|
|
Homophone see: Homonymy
|
|
|
Hong Kong
|
|
|
Honorific
|
|
|
Hortative
|
|
|
HPSG see: Head-driven phrase structure grammar
|
|
|
Humor
|
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
Hypercorrection
|
|
|
Hyperonymy
|
|
|
Hypocorism
|
|
|
Hyponymy
|
|
|
Hypotaxis see: Subordination
|
Complex sentence
|
|
Iceland
|
|
|
Iconicity
|
|
|
Ideology see: Language ideology
|
|
|
Ideophone
|
|
|
Idiolect
|
|
|
Idiom
|
|
|
Illocution
|
|
|
Imperative
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
|
|
Imperfective
|
Aspect
|
|
Impersonal
|
|
|
Implicature
|
|
|
Implosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Inchoative see: Inchoative/ingressive
|
|
|
Incorporation
|
|
|
Indefiniteness
|
|
|
Indexicality
|
|
|
India
|
|
|
Indicative see: Mood
|
|
|
Indirect object
|
Object
|
|
Indirective see: Evidentiality
|
|
|
Indonesia
|
|
|
Inference
|
|
|
Infinitive
|
|
|
Infix
|
|
|
Inflectional
|
|
|
Inflectional morphology
|
|
|
Information structure
|
|
|
Ingressive see: Inchoative/ingressive
|
|
|
Inherent case see: Case in generative grammar
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Inherent case theory
|
|
|
Innateness
|
|
|
Innovation
|
|
|
Input
|
|
|
Instrumental (case)
|
Case marking
|
|
Instrumental (semantic role)
|
Semantic role
|
|
Integrational linguistics
|
|
|
Intelligibility
|
|
|
Intensification
|
|
|
Intensifier see: Intensification
|
|
|
Interaction
|
|
|
Interactional construction grammar
|
|
|
Interactional discourse analysis
|
|
|
Intercultural communication
|
|
|
Interdental see: Dental
|
Consonant
|
|
Interface
|
|
|
Interference see: Transfer
|
|
|
Interjection
|
|
|
Interlanguage
|
|
|
Interlinguistics
|
|
|
Internationalism see: Loanword
|
|
|
Interrogative
|
|
|
Intonation
|
|
|
Intransitive
|
|
|
Inverse
|
|
|
Inverse case see: Inverse
|
|
|
Inverse voice see: Inverse
|
|
|
Inversion
|
Word order
|
|
Iran
|
|
|
Iraq
|
|
|
Ireland
|
|
|
Irony
|
|
|
Irrealis see: Realis/irrealis
|
|
|
Island defect see: Movement
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Island effect see: Movement
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Isogloss
|
|
|
Isolating language
|
|
|
Isomorphism see: Transparency
|
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
Istria
|
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
Iterative
|
|
|
Ivory Coast
|
|
|
Jamaica
|
|
|
Japan
|
|
|
Jargon
|
|
|
Jespersen’s cycle
|
|
|
Jordan
|
|
|
Kalahari Basin
|
|
|
Kana
|
Syllabary
|
|
Kanji
|
Character
|
|
Katakana see: Kana
|
Syllabary
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
|
Kenya
|
|
|
Kinship term
|
Lexical field
|
|
Kosovo
|
|
|
Kurdistan
|
|
|
Kuwait
|
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
|
|
Labeling algorithm
|
|
|
Labial
|
Consonant
|
|
Labialization
|
|
|
Labiodental see: Labial
|
Consonant
|
|
Labiovelar
|
|
|
Language acquisition
|
|
|
Language attitudes and social identity
|
|
|
Language choice
|
|
|
Language comprehension
|
|
|
Language contact
|
|
|
Language dating
|
|
|
Language death
|
|
|
Language disorders
|
|
|
Language disorders other than developmental and aphasia
|
|
|
Language documentation
|
|
|
Language faculty see: Linguistic competence
|
|
|
Language for special purposes
|
|
|
Language ideology
|
|
|
Language into act theory
|
|
|
Language island
|
|
|
Language legislation
|
|
|
Language loss
|
|
|
Language loss and maintenance
|
|
|
Language mixing see: Mixed language
|
|
|
Language policy and language planning
|
|
|
Language preservation
|
|
|
Language production
|
|
|
Language shift
|
|
|
Language variation
|
|
|
Language(s) of instruction
|
|
|
Laos
|
|
|
Laryngeal
|
Consonant
|
|
Lateral
|
Liquid < Sonorant < Consonant
|
|
Latin script
|
|
|
Latvia
|
|
|
Law see: Legal language
|
|
|
Learnability
|
|
|
Lebanon
|
|
|
Left periphery
|
Periphery
|
|
Legal language
|
|
|
Legislation see: Language legislation
|
|
|
Legitimation code theory
|
|
|
Lenis see: Plosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Lenition
|
Sound change
|
|
Lesotho
|
|
|
Lexical access
|
|
|
Lexical acquisition
|
|
|
Lexical aspect see: Aktionsart
|
|
|
Lexical blend
|
Neologism
|
|
Lexical constructional model
|
|
|
Lexical decomposition see: Semantic primitive
|
|
|
Lexical field
|
|
|
Lexical functional grammar
|
|
|
Lexical grammar
|
|
|
Lexical hybrid see: Adaptation
|
|
|
Lexical mapping theory
|
|
|
Lexical phonology
|
|
|
Lexical priming
|
|
|
Lexical resource semantics
|
|
|
Lexical semantics
|
|
|
Lexicalism
|
|
|
Lexicalization
|
|
|
Lexicography
|
|
|
Lexicology
|
|
|
Lexicon (lexicology and lexicography)
|
|
|
Lexicon-grammar
|
|
|
Lexicostatistics
|
|
|
LFG see: Lexical functional grammar
|
|
|
LGBTQ
|
|
|
Liberia
|
|
|
Libya
|
|
|
Light verb
|
|
|
Lingua franca
|
|
|
Linguistic area
|
|
|
Linguistic competence
|
|
|
Linguistic concept modelling
|
|
|
Linguistic determinism see: Linguistic relativity
|
|
|
Linguistic distance see: Intelligibility
|
|
|
Linguistic geography
|
|
|
Linguistic human rights
|
|
|
Linguistic ideology see: Language ideology
|
|
|
Linguistic landscape
|
|
|
Linguistic norm see: Standard language
|
|
|
Linguistic polyphony
|
|
|
Linguistic prejudice
|
|
|
Linguistic Realism
|
|
|
Linguistic relativity
|
|
|
Linguistic theory and methodology
|
|
|
Linguistic typology, universals of language
|
|
|
Liquid
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Literacy
|
|
|
Literary text
|
|
|
Lithuania
|
|
|
Loan translation
|
|
|
Loanword
|
|
|
Local grammar
|
|
|
Locative (case)
|
Case marking
|
|
Locative (semantic role)
|
Semantic role
|
|
Locative alternation
|
|
|
Locution
|
|
|
Logic
|
|
|
Logical form
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Logographic script see: Character
|
|
|
Logophoricity see: Coreference
|
|
|
Loss see: Language loss
|
|
|
Luxembourg
|
|
|
Macau
|
|
|
Machine processing see: Natural language processing
|
|
|
Machine translation
|
|
|
Macrosyntax
|
|
|
Madagascar
|
|
|
Maghreb
|
|
|
Main clause
|
|
|
Mainland Southeast Asia
|
|
|
Malawi
|
|
|
Malaysia
|
|
|
Maldives
|
|
|
Mali
|
|
|
Mallorca
|
|
|
Malta
|
|
|
Manner of articulation see: Articulation
|
|
|
Markedness
|
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
|
Masculine gender see: Gender
|
|
|
Mass/count noun
|
|
|
Match theory
|
|
|
Matched guise see: Linguistic prejudice
|
|
|
Mathematical and computational linguistics
|
|
|
Matrix language frame model
|
|
|
Matrix syntax
|
|
|
Mauritania
|
|
|
Mauritius
|
|
|
Maximum entropy
|
|
|
Meaning-text theory
|
|
|
Media
|
|
|
Media linguistic imageology
|
|
|
Mediative see: Evidentiality
|
|
|
Memory
|
|
|
Mental lexicon
|
|
|
Mental representation
|
|
|
Mental space theory
|
Cognitive linguistics
|
|
Mental-model theory
|
|
|
Menzerath-Altmann law
|
|
|
Merge in generative grammar see: Movement
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Meronymy
|
|
|
Mesoamerica
|
|
|
Mesopotamia
|
|
|
Metalinguistic awareness
|
|
|
Metalinguistic data
|
|
|
Metaphony
|
Assimilation < Sound change
|
|
Metaphor
|
|
|
Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit
|
|
|
Metathesis
|
Sound change
|
|
Meter
|
|
|
Metonymy
|
|
|
Metre see: Meter
|
|
|
Metrical grid theory
|
|
|
Metrics, versification
|
|
|
Mexico
|
|
|
Micronesia
|
|
|
Middle East
|
|
|
Middle voice
|
Voice
|
|
Migration
|
|
|
Mimetic see: Ideophone
|
|
|
Minimal pair see: Phonemic contrast
|
|
|
Minimalism
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Minimalist program see: Minimalism
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Minority language
|
|
|
MIPVU see: Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit
|
|
|
Mirativity
|
|
|
Missionary linguistics
|
|
|
Mitigation
|
|
|
Mixed language
|
|
|
Modality
|
|
|
Model-theoretic semantics
|
|
|
Modernization
|
|
|
Modification
|
|
|
Modifier see: Modification
|
|
|
Modularity
|
|
|
Moldova
|
|
|
Mongolia
|
|
|
Monitoring
|
|
|
Monolingual lexicography
|
|
|
Montague grammar
|
|
|
Montenegro
|
|
|
Mood
|
|
|
Mora
|
|
|
Morocco
|
|
|
Morpheme order
|
|
|
Morphology and word-formation
|
|
|
Morphophonology
|
|
|
Motherese see: Child-directed speech
|
Input
|
|
Mother-to-child see: Child-directed speech
|
Input
|
|
Motion
|
Verb class
|
|
Movement
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Mozambique
|
|
|
Multidimensional analysis
|
|
|
Multi-level discourse prominence analysis
|
|
|
Multilinear grammar
|
|
|
Multilingualism
|
|
|
Multilingualism, language contact
|
|
|
Multimodal analysis
|
|
|
Multimodal cognitive linguistics
|
|
|
Multiple exponence
|
|
|
Mutation see: Lenition
|
Sound change
|
|
Myanmar
|
|
|
Name studies other than anthroponymy and toponymy
|
|
|
Namibia
|
|
|
Nanosyntax
|
|
|
Narrative
|
Text type
|
|
Nasal
|
Vowel
|
|
Nasalization
|
Assimilation < Sound change
|
|
National identity
|
|
|
Nativeness
|
|
|
Natural grammar
|
|
|
Natural language generation
|
|
|
Natural language inference
|
|
|
Natural language processing
|
|
|
Natural morphology see: Transparency
|
|
|
Natural phonology
|
|
|
Natural semantic metalanguage see: Semantic primitive
|
|
|
Natural syntax
|
|
|
Natural theory of language
|
|
|
Necessity see: Modality
|
|
|
Negation
|
|
|
Negative polarity item see: Polarity
|
|
|
Neoconstructivism
|
|
|
Neologism
|
|
|
Nepal
|
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
Network morphology
|
|
|
Neural theory of language
|
|
|
Neurolinguistic programming
|
|
|
Neurolinguistics
|
|
|
Neurolinguistics and language disorders
|
|
|
Neuter gender see: Gender
|
|
|
Neutralization
|
|
|
New Caledonia
|
|
|
New Guinea
|
|
|
New speaker
|
|
|
New Zealand
|
|
|
Newfoundland
|
|
|
Nicaragua
|
|
|
Niger
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
|
|
NLG see: Natural language generation
|
|
|
NLP see: Natural language processing
|
|
|
Nominalization
|
|
|
Nominative
|
|
|
Non-finite clause
|
Complex sentence
|
|
Non-verbal communication
|
|
|
Normalization see: Status planning
|
|
|
North Africa
|
|
|
North America
|
|
|
North Korea
|
|
|
Northeast Asia
|
|
|
Northeast China
|
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
|
|
Northern Macedonia
|
|
|
Norway
|
|
|
Noun
|
Part of speech
|
|
Noun class
|
|
|
Noun phrase
|
|
|
NP see: Noun phrase
|
|
|
NPI see: Polarity
|
|
|
Nucleus
|
Syllable
|
|
Null argument
|
|
|
Null subject
|
Null argument
|
|
Number
|
|
|
Numeral
|
Function word
|
|
Obituary
|
|
|
Object
|
|
|
Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP)
|
|
|
Oblique case see: Case in generative grammar
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Obstruent
|
Consonant
|
|
Obviative vs. proximate see: Inverse
|
|
|
Oceania
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Official language
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Oman
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Onomastics
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Onomatopoeia see: Ideophone
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Onset
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Syllable
|
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Opacity
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Operational grammar
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Optimal construction morphology
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Optimality theory
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Oral language see: Spoken language
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Register
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Order of acquisition
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Origin of language
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Orthographic reform
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Orthography
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OT see: Optimality theory
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Pacific
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Pakistan
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Palatal
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Consonant
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Palatalization
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Assimilation < Sound change
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Palau
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Palestine
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Papua New Guinea
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Paradigm
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Paradigm function morphology
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Paragoge see: Epenthesis
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Sound change
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Paraguay
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Parallel grammar
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Parameter see: Principles and parameters
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Generative grammar
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Parataxis see: Coordination
|
Complex sentence
|
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Parenthetical
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Parkinson’s
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Paronymy
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Parsing
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Part of speech
|
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Participle
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Particle
|
Function word
|
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Particle verb see: Phrasal verb
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Partitive
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Passive participle see: Participle
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Passive voice
|
Voice
|
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Past
|
Tense
|
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Past participle see: Participle
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Patient
|
Semantic role
|
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Pattern grammar
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Pause
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Peak see: Nucleus
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Syllable
|
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Pejorative
|
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Perception
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Perfect
|
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Perfective
|
Aspect
|
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Performative
|
Speech act
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Periphery
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Periphrasis
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Perlocution
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Person
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Person case constraint
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Personal pronoun
|
Pronoun < Function word
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Peru
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Pharyngeal
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Consonant
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|
Phase theory
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Phase verb
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Verb class
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Phatic
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Phi-feature see: Agreement
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Philippines
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Philosophy of language
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Phoneme inventory
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Phonemic contrast
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Phonetics
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Phonetics and phonology
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Phonological change see: Sound change
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Phonology
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Phonology as human behavior
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Phonosemantic word see: Ideophone
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Phonostylistics
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Phonotactics
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Phrasal verb
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Phrase-linking grammar
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Phraseological unit
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Phraseology, paroemiology
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Phylogenetics see: Genetic affiliation
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Pictographic representation
|
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Pied piping
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Pitch see: Accent
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Place of articulation see: Articulation
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Placeholder
|
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Plosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
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Pluperfect
|
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Pluractional
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Plural
|
Number
|
|
Plurale tantum
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|
Pluricentricity
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Plurilingual lexicography
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Poland
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Polarity
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Politeness
|
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Polynesia
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Polysemy
|
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Polysynthesis
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|
Polysynthetic language see: Polysynthesis
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|
Portmanteau see: Lexical blend
|
Neologism
|
|
Portugal
|
|
|
Possession
|
|
|
Possessive pronoun
|
Pronoun < Function word
|
|
Possibility see: Modality
|
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|
Postposition
|
Function word
|
|
Poststructuralism
|
|
|
Posture verb
|
|
|
Power
|
|
|
PP see: Prepositional phrase
|
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|
Praesens historicum see: Historical present
|
|
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Pragmaticalization
|
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|
Pragmatics acquisition
|
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|
Pragmatics, discourse analysis and text grammar
|
|
|
Prague school
|
Structuralism
|
|
Precedence-free phonology
|
|
|
Pre-conference publication
|
|
|
Predication
|
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|
Predicative noun
|
Part of speech
|
|
Prefix
|
|
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Preposition
|
Function word
|
|
Prepositional phrase
|
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Prescriptivism
|
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Present
|
Tense
|
|
Presentative
|
|
|
Preservation see: Language preservation
|
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Prestige
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Prestige planning see: Status planning
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Presupposition
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Preverb
|
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|
Priming
|
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|
Principal Component Analysis
|
|
|
Principles and parameters
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Pro see: Null subject
|
Null argument
|
|
Process-and-paradigm morphology
|
|
|
Processability theory
|
|
|
Processing
|
|
|
Proclitic see: Clitic
|
Function word
|
|
Pro-drop see: Null subject
|
Null argument
|
|
Productivity
|
|
|
Proficiency see: Linguistic competence
|
|
|
Progressive
|
Aspect
|
|
Promise see: Speech act
|
|
|
Pronoun
|
Function word
|
|
Pronoun of address see: Address
|
|
|
Proof-theoretic semantics
|
|
|
Proper name
|
|
|
Proper noun see: Proper name
|
|
|
Proportional quantification
|
|
|
Proposition
|
|
|
Protasis see: Conditional
|
|
|
Prothesis see: Epenthesis
|
Sound change
|
|
Proto-language
|
|
|
Prototype
|
|
|
Prototype theory
|
|
|
Proverb
|
|
|
Proximate vs. obviative see: Inverse
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|
|
Pseudo-cleft see: Clefting
|
|
|
Psycholinguistics
|
|
|
Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics
|
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
Punctuation
|
|
|
Purism
|
|
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Purpose
|
|
|
Qatar
|
|
|
Quantification
|
|
|
Quantifier see: Quantification
|
|
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Quotation
|
|
|
Race see: Ethnicity
|
|
|
Racism
|
|
|
Radical construction grammar
|
|
|
Radical CV phonology
|
|
|
Radical minimalism
|
|
|
Raising
|
|
|
Reading
|
|
|
Realis see: Realis/irrealis
|
|
|
Realis/irrealis
|
|
|
Reanalysis
|
|
|
Reason see: Causal
|
|
|
Recipient
|
Semantic role
|
|
Reciprocal
|
|
|
Recognition
|
|
|
Reconstruction
|
|
|
Reconstruction in generative grammar see: Logical form
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Recursion
|
|
|
Reduction
|
|
|
Redundancy
|
|
|
Reduplication
|
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Reference
|
|
|
Reference grammar
|
|
|
Reference work
|
|
|
Referring see: Reference
|
|
|
Reflexive
|
|
|
Refusal see: Speech act
|
|
|
Refutation see: Speech act
|
|
|
Regional language
|
|
|
Regional variation
|
|
|
Register
|
|
|
Regularization see: Analogy
|
|
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Reinforcement
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|
|
Relational grammar
|
|
|
Relational morphology
|
|
|
Relational network theory
|
|
|
Relative binarity
|
|
|
Relative clause
|
Complex sentence
|
|
Relative pronoun
|
|
|
Relative tense see: Absolute vs. relative tense
|
Tense
|
|
Relevance theory
|
|
|
Relexification
|
|
|
Repair
|
|
|
Repetition
|
|
|
Reported speech
|
|
|
Reprise fragment
|
|
|
Republic of the Congo
|
|
|
Request
|
Speech act
|
|
Resonant see: Sonorant
|
Consonant
|
|
Resultative
|
Aspect
|
|
Resultative secondary predication see: Secondary predication
|
Predication
|
|
Resumptive
|
|
|
Retroflex
|
Consonant
|
|
Review
|
|
|
Revitalization
|
|
|
Rhetorical question
|
|
|
Rhetorical structure theory
|
|
|
Rhetorics
|
|
|
Rhotic
|
Liquid < Sonorant < Consonant
|
|
Rhyme
|
Syllable
|
|
Rhythm
|
|
|
Right periphery
|
Periphery
|
|
Role and reference grammar
|
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
Root
|
|
|
Root modality see: Modality
|
|
|
RRG see: Role and reference grammar
|
|
|
Rule-based phonology
|
|
|
Rule-generalization see: Simplification
|
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
|
|
Sandhi
|
|
|
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis see: Linguistic relativity
|
|
|
Satellite-framed vs. verb-framed
|
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
|
|
Scalarity
|
|
|
Scandinavia
|
|
|
Schwa
|
Vowel
|
|
Scope
|
|
|
Scotland
|
|
|
Scrambling
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Script, orthography
|
|
|
Second language (acquisition)
|
|
|
Secondary predicate see: Secondary predication
|
Predication
|
|
Secondary predication
|
Predication
|
|
Secret language see: Jargon
|
|
|
Selection restriction
|
|
|
Self-repair see: Repair
|
|
|
Semantic change
|
|
|
Semantic field see: Lexical field
|
|
|
Semantic function see: Semantic role
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|
|
Semantic interaction theory
|
|
|
Semantic mapping
|
|
|
Semantic primitive
|
|
|
Semantic role
|
|
|
Semantics
|
|
|
Semantics and pragmatics
|
|
|
Semiotics
|
|
|
Semivowel see: Glide
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Senegal
|
|
|
Sense/sensory
|
Lexical field
|
|
Sentence-final particle
|
|
|
Sentence mood see: Illocution
|
|
|
Separable verb see: Phrasal verb
|
|
|
Sequence of tenses see: Absolute vs. relative tense
|
Tense
|
|
Serbia
|
|
|
Serial verb
|
|
|
Serialization see: Serial verb
|
|
|
Sexism see: Gender issues
|
|
|
Seychelles
|
|
|
SFG see: Systemic functional grammar
|
|
|
Shetland
|
|
|
Shift see: Language shift
|
|
|
Shortening see: Truncation
|
|
|
Siberia
|
|
|
Sibilant
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
|
|
Sign-based construction grammar
|
|
|
Silence
|
|
|
Simpler syntax see: Parallel grammar
|
|
|
Simplification
|
|
|
Singapore
|
|
|
Singular
|
Number
|
|
Situation semantics
|
|
|
Slang see: Sociolect
|
|
|
SLI see: Specific language impairment
|
|
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
Slovenia
|
|
|
Sluicing
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Small clause
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Smell see: Sense/sensory
|
Lexical field
|
|
Social media see: Computer-mediated communication
|
Register
|
|
Social network
|
|
|
Sociolect
|
|
|
Sociolinguistics and dialectology
|
|
|
Sociolinguistics, language variation
|
|
|
Sociophonetics
|
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
|
|
Sonorant
|
Consonant
|
|
Sonority
|
|
|
Sound change
|
|
|
South Africa
|
|
|
South America
|
|
|
South Asia
|
|
|
South Korea
|
|
|
South Sudan
|
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
|
|
Southern Africa
|
|
|
Southwest Asia
|
|
|
Space
|
|
|
Spain
|
|
|
Spatial see: Space
|
|
|
Special issue
|
|
|
Specific language impairment
|
|
|
Specific reference
|
Reference
|
|
Specifier
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Spectral analysis
|
|
|
Speech acquisition
|
|
|
Speech act
|
|
|
Speech community
|
|
|
Speech error
|
|
|
Speech pathology
|
|
|
Speech rate
|
|
|
Speech technology
|
|
|
Spell-Out theory
|
|
|
Spirantization
|
Sound change
|
|
Split intransitivity see: Case system
|
|
|
Spoken language
|
Register
|
|
Sprachbund see: Linguistic area
|
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
|
Stammering see: Speech pathology
|
|
|
Stance
|
|
|
Standard language
|
|
|
Standardization
|
|
|
State verb
|
|
|
Statistical and quantitative linguistics
|
|
|
Statistics
|
|
|
Stative verb see: State verb
|
|
|
Stative voice
|
|
|
Status planning
|
|
|
Stem see: Root
|
|
|
Stigmatization see: Linguistic prejudice
|
|
|
Stop see: Plosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Stranding
|
|
|
Stratal phonology
|
|
|
Stress accent see: Accent
|
|
|
Strict CV phonology
|
|
|
Structural borrowing see: Grammatical borrowing
|
|
|
Structural case see: Case in generative grammar
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Structuralism
|
|
|
Stylistics
|
|
|
Stylometry see: Authorship attribution
|
|
|
Subject
|
|
|
Subjectification
|
|
|
Subjectivity
|
|
|
Subjunctive see: Mood
|
|
|
Subordination
|
Complex sentence
|
|
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
|
|
Substance free phonology
|
|
|
Substrate
|
|
|
Successive-cyclic movement
|
|
|
Sudan
|
|
|
Suffix
|
|
|
Superlative see: Degree
|
|
|
Superstrate
|
|
|
Supine
|
|
|
Suppletion
|
|
|
Suprasegmental phonology (prosody)
|
|
|
Suriname
|
|
|
Swadesh see: Lexicostatistics
|
|
|
Swaziland see: Eswatini
|
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
Switch reference
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
|
|
Syllabary
|
|
|
Syllable
|
|
|
Syllable weight
|
|
|
Syncope see: Elision
|
Sound change
|
|
Syncretism
|
|
|
Synonymy
|
|
|
Syntactic alternation
|
|
|
Syntactic connection theory
|
|
|
Syntax
|
|
|
Syntax first alignment
|
|
|
Synthesis vs. analysis
|
|
|
Syria
|
|
|
Systemic functional grammar
|
|
|
Systemic functional linguistics see: Systemic functional grammar
|
|
|
Systemic linguistics
|
|
|
Taboo
|
|
|
Tagging
|
|
|
Tail-head-linkage see: Cohesion
|
|
|
Taiwan
|
|
|
Tajikistan
|
|
|
TAM
|
|
|
Tanzania
|
|
|
Tap see: Flap
|
|
|
Taste see: Sense/sensory
|
Lexical field
|
|
Taxis
|
|
|
Telicity
|
|
|
Temperature see: Sense/sensory
|
Lexical field
|
|
Temporal construction see: Time
|
|
|
Temporal focus hypothesis
|
|
|
Tense
|
|
|
Tenuis see: Plosive
|
Obstruent < Consonant
|
|
Terminativity see: Telicity
|
|
|
Terminology
|
|
|
Text grammar
|
|
|
Text type
|
|
|
Textbook
|
|
|
Thailand
|
|
|
The Gambia
|
|
|
Theme-rheme see: Information structure
|
|
|
Theory of matrices and etymons
|
|
|
Theory of mind
|
|
|
Theory of semantic blocks
|
|
|
Theta role see: Semantic role
|
|
|
Tibet
|
|
|
Time
|
|
|
Togo
|
|
|
Tone
|
|
|
Topic
|
Information structure
|
|
Topic marking
|
|
|
Topic-comment see: Information structure
|
|
|
Toponymy
|
|
|
Torres Strait
|
|
|
Touch see: Sense/sensory
|
Lexical field
|
|
Tough-movement see: Raising
|
|
|
Transcription
|
|
|
Transfer
|
|
|
Transformational-generative grammar see: Generative grammar
|
|
|
Transitive
|
|
|
Transitivity
|
|
|
Translanguaging
|
|
|
Translation
|
|
|
Transliteration
|
|
|
Transparency
|
|
|
Tree-adjoining grammar
|
|
|
Trill
|
|
|
Trinidad
|
|
|
Truncation
|
|
|
Truth
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
|
|
Turbidity theory
|
|
|
Turkey
|
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
|
|
Turn-taking see: Conversation analysis
|
|
|
Type logical grammar
|
|
|
Uganda
|
|
|
Ukraine
|
|
|
Umlaut see: Metaphony
|
Assimilation < Sound change
|
|
Unaccusative
|
Intransitive construction
|
|
Unergative
|
Intransitive construction
|
|
Unguided second language acquisition
|
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
Univerbation
|
|
|
Universal
|
|
|
Universal dependencies
|
|
|
Universal grammar
|
Generative grammar
|
|
Universal perceptual model
|
|
|
Universal quantification
|
Quantification
|
|
Universal spine hypothesis
|
|
|
Update semantics
|
|
|
Uruguay
|
|
|
USA
|
|
|
Usage-based
|
|
|
Uvular
|
Consonant
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
|
|
Vagueness see: Fuzziness
|
|
|
Valence see: Valency
|
|
|
Valencia
|
|
|
Valency
|
|
|
Vanuatu
|
|
|
Variation see: Language variation
|
|
|
Vector semantics
|
|
|
Velar
|
Consonant
|
|
Venezuela
|
|
|
Verb
|
Part of speech
|
|
Verb class
|
|
|
Verb of motion
|
|
|
Verb of perception
|
|
|
Verb of saying/speaking
|
|
|
Verb of thinking
|
|
|
Verb phrase
|
|
|
Verb second see: Word order
|
|
|
Verba cogitandi see: Verb of thinking
|
|
|
Verba dicendi see: Verb of saying/speaking
|
|
|
Verba sentiendi see: Verb of perception
|
|
|
Verbal abuse
|
|
|
Verbal noun
|
|
|
Verbalization
|
|
|
Vietnam
|
|
|
Virgin Islands
|
|
|
Vitality
|
|
|
Vocalization
|
Sound change
|
|
Vocative
|
|
|
Voice
|
|
|
Voice onset time
|
|
|
Voice quality
|
|
|
Voiced
|
Consonant
|
|
Voiceless
|
Consonant
|
|
Voicing
|
Sound change
|
|
VOT see: Voice onset time
|
|
|
Vowel
|
|
|
Vowel harmony
|
Metaphony < Assimilation < Sound change
|
|
Vowel length see: Vowel quantity
|
Vowel
|
|
Vowel lowering
|
|
|
Vowel quantity
|
Vowel
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Vowel raising
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VP see: Verb phrase
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VP shell see: Verb phrase
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Wales
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Warruwi
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Weak noun phrase see: Indefiniteness
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Weather
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West Africa
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Whole word morphology
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Wh-question see: Content question
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Interrogative
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Williams syndrome
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Word and paradigm morphology
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Word boundary
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Word class see: Part of speech
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Word grammar
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Word order
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Writing
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Writing development
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Written language
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Register
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X-bar see: Generative grammar
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Yemen
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Youth language
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Yugoslavia (former)
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Zambia
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Zero
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Zimbabwe
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