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Pin/Pen Merger
Dialects of English where “pin” and “pen” are pronounced the same ([pʰɪn]) have undergone the ‘pin/pen merger.’ (sociolinguistics)
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Pitch Contrast Analysis (PCA)
Examines how pitch can be realized as tones when looking at loanword adaptations to native phonological systems. (phonology)
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Plural
A number marking that signals more than one entity. (morphology)
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PM (Project Manager)
The person who coordinates the people involved in a translation project, including translators, editors/reviewers, and the client/buyer (person or LSP for whom the product is produced).
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Polar Question
A question that can be answered with “Yes” or “No.” (typology)
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Polarity
Polarity indicates whether a sentence is affirmative or negative. (semantics)
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Polyglossia
The presence of multiple languages being spoken in the same area. (sociolinguistics)
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Polysynthetic
A polysynthetic language is a highly synthetic language where a word may contain multiple roots. (morphology)
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Portmanteau
A new word composed of the beginning of one word and the end of another, such as Engl. ‘ebonics’ = ‘ebony’ + ‘phonics’ (morphology)
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Portmanteau Morph
A new word composed of two function words, e.g., “de le” → “du” in French. (morphology)
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