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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:11AM

Acoustic Phonetics

The branch of phonetics that studies the measurable properties of speech sounds. (phonetics)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:12AM

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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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:12AM

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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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:12AM

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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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:13AM

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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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:13AM

Active Voice

When the agent of the sentence is in the subject position. (syntax)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:14AM

Addessive Case

A case morpheme that marks its noun in a positional relationship to another. (morphology, syntax)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:14AM

Adjacency Pairs

When a person’s first utterance requires that the second person respond in a certain way. (pragmatics)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:15AM

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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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:15AM

Adjunct

Optional arguments; sister to X-bar and daughter of another X-bar. (syntax)

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