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Father/Bother Merger
Dialects of English where “father” and “bother” are pronounced with the same vowel ([a:]) have undergone the ‘father/bother merger.’ (sociolinguistics)
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Finite Clause
A clause that is specified for tense. (syntax)
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First Critical Period
The time of first language acquisition from about ages 0-5. If a child is not exposed to language during this time, her or his brain will not develop correctly. (psycholinguistics)
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Fission
The splitting of one morphosyntactic bundle into two. (morphology)
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Focus Construction
A syntactic construction that marks a constituent as new information. (syntax)
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Foge Morphemes
A linking element found in complex Swedish compounds. (morphology)
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Fogemorpheme
A type of linking morpheme in Swedish that is often spelled out as [s]. (morphology)
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Folk Etymology
When a story is created to explain the source of a word, that does not reflect the actual source of the word. (historical linguistics)
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Free Morpheme
A morpheme that can stand alone as a word. (morphology)
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Freelancer
A translator or interpreter who works by the hour (interpreting, editing/revising) or by the word (translating) instead of full-time or salaried. See also “In-house.”
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