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Variationist Sociolinguistics
A branch of sociolinguistics that focuses on the study of the correlation between social factors and the actual realizations of a variable. (sociolinguistics)
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Velar
Sounds that are formed with airflow obstruction at the soft palate. (phonetics)
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Velum
Soft part of the roof of the mouth, behind the hard palate; the soft palate. (phonetics)
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Verb
A verb is the most necessary component of a sentence, crosslinguistically, and usually takes tense and aspect affixes. (syntax)
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Vernacular
Everyday or street variety of a language. (sociolinguistics)
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Vertical
(Noun, Business term) A subfield of the translation/interpretation (TI) industry, e.g., education, engineering, financial, etc. Example usage: “Let’s break fiscal year 2010 down by the verticals: we see that financial was the largest vertical, followed by education.”
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Vocabulary Insertion
The realization of phonological features at the terminal nodes of the syntax in distributed morphology. (distributed morphology)
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Vocoid
Vowels and glides. (phonetics)
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Voice
The relationship between the participants in an event and their grammatical roles. (syntax)
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Voiced
Voiced sounds are pronounced with vocal fold vibrations. (phonetics)
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