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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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Portmanteau Morpheme
A morpheme that encodes more than one concept. (morphology)
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Post-editing
Editing or revision done to a translated document before publication or delivery to a client. See also “Pre-Editing.”
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PP
Prepositional Phrase. (syntax)
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Pragmatics
The study of how linguistic expressions are interpreted in context. (pragmatics)
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