V
See “Verb.” (syntax)
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V
See “Vowel.” (phonetics)
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V-To-T Movement
A type of head movement where the V head raises to the T head, usually to host inflectional affixes. (syntax)
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V2 (Verb-Second) Word Order
A syntactic word order characterized by a full verb always appearing as the second element of independent clauses. The first element varies according to topicalization, and analysis of subordinate clauses may reveal that a V2 structure is derived from an underlying SOV word order. Example V2 languages are Germanic (besides…
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Valency
The number of arguments that a verb can take. (syntax)
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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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