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Acoustic Phonetics
The branch of phonetics that studies the measurable properties of speech sounds. (phonetics)
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Acrolect
The highest register of a language; a colloquial dialect of prestige. For pidgins and creoles, the form of the language most influenced by the superstrate. (sociolinguistics)
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Acronym
A word formed by using only the first letter of each word in an expression or title, e.g., National Aeronautics and Space Administration ➞ NASA. (morphology)
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Across-the-Board Rule
The most general of phonological rules that applies in all circumstances, ignoring morpheme and word boundaries. (phonology)
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Active
In an active sentence, the subject is the agent of the event while the object is the theme of the event. (syntax)
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Active Voice
When the agent of the sentence is in the subject position. (syntax)
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Addessive Case
A case morpheme that marks its noun in a positional relationship to another. (morphology, syntax)
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Adjacency Pairs
When a person’s first utterance requires that the second person respond in a certain way. (pragmatics)
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Adjective
A syntactic or lexical category that is argued to be universal. It is often distinguished by its morphological shape in comparison to other categories or by its ability to inflect or be modified in ways that other categories cannot. Structurally adjectives can be attributive and be noun adjuncts or be…
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Adjunct
Optional arguments; sister to X-bar and daughter of another X-bar. (syntax)
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