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Sisters
Syntactic nodes that are dominated by the same single, or “mother” node. (syntax)
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Sociolinguistics
The study of how language varies in society, including many subfields, such as gender and language, politeness theory, and dialectology. (sociolinguistics)
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Sound Verb Root
A consonantal root in Arabic that has no semi-vowels or glottal stops. The second and the third consonants in this type of root are not identical. (morphology)
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Specific
A noun phrase refers to a particular entity. (semantics)
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Specifier
In X’-theory, phrases that are dominated by XP and are sisters to X’ are called specifiers. There is only one specifier in each maximal projection. (syntax)
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Spell-Out
The stage where the derivation splits into LF and PF. (syntax)
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Split Ergativity
A morphosyntactic system that shows both ergative and accusative patterns. Common conditioning factors for the split include discourse participants, tense/aspect, and agentivity. (syntax, typology)
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Stem
A form consisting of a root, a root and affix(es), or a compound and affix(es) that additional affixes may attach to. (morphology)
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Stop
A sound in which the flow of air is completely stopped in the oral cavity. (phonetics)
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Strident
The relative amount of friction caused by different fricatives with the more noisy, more friction causing consonants being more strident: [s] is less strident than [sh]. (phonetics)
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