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Islands
Phrases that wh-phrases cannot move out of are called islands. (syntax)
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Isogloss
A geographic line that shows the division of two distinct linguistic features within a language. (sociolinguistics)
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Japanese
Japanese is an SOV language belonging to the Japanese-Ryukyuan language family. it is spoken primarily inside Japan and by a few small Japanese emigrant populations. Japanese is often referred to as the ‘second most researched language’ in the field of linguistics, next to English. (typology)
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Jargon
Specialized vocabulary of a particular field. (sociolinguistics)
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Juncture
A pause between two phones, real or perceived–sometimes indicated in notation with a “+” symbol. (phonology)
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Juxtaposition
A coordination strategy that connects clauses without an overt morpheme that indicates the grammatical and semantic relations. (syntax)
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Kanji
Chinese characters used in Japanese. (orthography)
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Kannada
A language belonging to the Dravidian language family that is spoken in India. (typology)
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Kavalan
Kavalan is a verb-initial language belonging to the Austronesian language family that is spoken in Taiwan. (typology)
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Koiné
When two or more closely related or mutually intelligible dialects of roughly equal prestige come in contact, and no outside language presents itself as a lingua franca, a linking language, referred to as a koiné, may arise. (historical)
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