Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 12:01PM

In-house

An employee at an LSP (language service provider) who works full-time or salaried, as opposed to hourly or by the word. Can also refer to a position within the company (translator, editor, PM, IT manager, etc.) and contrasted with “freelancer.”

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:37PM

Inalienable Possession

A possessive relationship that cannot be controlled and changed. (morphology)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:37PM

Inclusive

Including the addressee. (morphology)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:38PM

Indefinite

The referent of a noun phrase is thought to be unknown to the hearer. (semantics)

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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:58AM

Independent Clause

A clause that stands by itself. (syntax)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:38PM

Index of Fusion

Whether individual morphemes can be easily segmented from others. (morphology)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:38PM

Index of Synthesis

Whether a language makes use of more free morphology or bound morphology. (morphology)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:38PM

Indicative

Making a statement. (semantics)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:39PM

Indirect Speech Act

In an indirect speech act, the speaker performs two illocutionary acts with the same expression. The literal meaning of the expression is interpreted as the secondary illocutionary act, whereas the primary illocutionary act must be inferred. (pragmatics)

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 12:40PM

Indo-European

Indo-European is a major language family, spoken natively around the world, excluding Northeast Asia, the Pacific islands, and other places, and including hundreds of languages, such as Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, the Slavic languages, the Baltic Languages, Albanian, Armenian, and Persian. A majority of the…

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