Consultez le glossaire à l'aide de cet index
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Arbitrariness the trait of acting unpredictably away from reason or judgment |
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Displacement the act of moving something from its natural environment |
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Duality being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses |
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Language a set of infinite number of utterances used by human beings to communicate |
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Lexicology is a branch of linguistics that studies the stock of words (lexicon) and word formation in a given language. |
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Meduim a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
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Morphology It is the scientific study of morphemes, which are the smallest significant units of grammar. It is the branch of linguistics concerned with word formation. |
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Phonetics is the scientific study of the sounds of speech. It focuses on the production of sounds - how sounds are made, and on the reception of sounds - how the ear hears those sounds. |
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Phonology makes use of phonetics in order to study how sounds are classified within the system of a particular language or languages. |
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Primacy the state of being first in importance |
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Productivity the quality of being productive or having the power to produce |
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Semantics It is the scientific study of meaning of words and sentences. It covers the themes of synonymy, antonymy, hyponymy and polysymy. |
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Speech the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
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Syntax is the scientific study of how phrases, clauses and sentences are combined in a particular language. British linguists refer to this field as “syntax” which is referred to by American as “grammar”. |
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Transmission the act of transferring something from one spot to another |
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Writing the activity of putting something in written form |
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