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Morphology
Study of the internal structure of words. (morphology)
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Mother Node
A node that immediately dominates another node. (syntax)
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Move
When a constituent relocates in the syntactic structure to interpret some feature. (Syntax)
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MT (Machine Translation)
The use of software to translate a word, phrase, or text automatically. Accomplished with a statistical, rule-based, or hybrid approach. Example free-to-use MT engines: Google Translate, MOSES.
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Nasal
A sound where air flows through the nose. (phonetics)
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Nasal Stop
A sound in which the flow of air is completely stopped in the oral cavity (i.e., a stop), with the velum lowered, so that air escapes from the nasal cavity. (phonetics)
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Natural Class
A group of segments that share a feature or a set of features and tend to be subject to the same phonological rules. (phonology)
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Negative Polarity Item
An expression that is licensed by, or must co-occur with, a negative expression in the same sentence. (syntax)
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Neutralization
The loss of a contrast between two segments in a certain context. (phonology)
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Nominal
Pronouns, nouns, and noun phrases. (syntax)
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