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  Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "F"

  8784 readersF = Waw (Semitic)Waw = Hookfalse friends In comparative linguistics, a term describing words in different languages which resemble each other in form, but which express different meanings; also called false cognates, and often known by the French equivalent expression faux amis. Examples include French demander, which translates into English as 'to request' not 'to

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  Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "L"

  5237 readerslangage A French term introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure to refer to the human biological faculty of speech. It is distinguished in his approach from langue, the language system of a speech community.listeme A term occasionally used in psycholinguistics for the notion of a word or other expression as a member of a list of

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  Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "V"

  5440 readersverbal dueling In sociolinguistics, a term which refers to the competitive use of language, within a game-like structure, with rules that are known and used by the participants. It is a genre of verbal play - a ritual dialogue in which each speaker attempts to outdo an opponent by producing an utterance of increased verbal

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  A New Linguistics Publication

  1571 readersHello Readers,I want to call your attention to a new online linguistics resource that I have added to the recommended language links.Popular Linguistics MagazineDS Bigham, Editor, introduces his magazine as "a monthly online publication where we aim to...

• Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "H"

  3193 readersH = HetHet = Egyptian HieroglyphHieroglyph = Fencehapax legomenon In Lexicology, a word which occurs only once in a text, author, or extant Corpus of a Language, often shortened to hapax. The expression is from Greek, 'something said only once'. host In Grammar, a word or phrase to which an affix or clitic is

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  Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "A"

  3193 readersadhortative = exhortative.....exhortative (Particle etc.) used in enjoining or encouraging an action by a group that includes the speaker: e.g. let or let's in Let's go.'aptote' Obsolete term for a noun which, unlike others in the relevant language, is not inflected for case.arhyzotonic Having the accent elsewhere than on the root.atonic (Word, syllable, vowel) not

• 25 Synonyms for “Beginner”

  8196 readersThere are a lot of terms used to identify a beginner — many of them condescending or derogatory, so pay attention to connotation before employing any of these synonyms: 1. Abecedarian (from the Latin term abecedarius, “of the alphabet,” coined from linking the first four letters of the alphabet with vowels to form a pronounceable word):

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  A Walk in the Words – Top Ten Posts of 2009

  1294 readersAs long as we have been on the subject of lists this week, here is a list of the top ten posts from 2009 on A Walk in the Words.1. The Semiotics of Logos - Obama and Pepsi are Lookalikes2. The Evolution of Language - A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very...

• Precede vs. Proceed

  4491 readersLazy pronunciation can wreak havoc on the language as word pairs like precede and proceed become confused. These similar-looking and similar-sounding terms, however, though not antonyms, face in opposite directions. The origin of the former word is the Latin term praecedere (“go before”), while the latter stems from the Latin word procedere (“go forward, advance”). Interestingly,

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  Random Linguistics Definitions Beginning with the Letter "N"

  4277 readersnatural-kind terms In the semantic analysis of nouns, a type of general term for entities which have an identity in nature (as opposed to artefactual, abstract and other general terms). They include some sortal terms (e.g. lion), where a notion of individuation is involved, and some mass terms (e.g. water), where there is no such