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Surface Form
The form of language that we can see, hear, and measure. (phonology)
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Syntagmatic Relationship
A syntactic or proximate relationship between linguistic items. Unlike a paradigmatic relationship where two items are placed in the same syntactic location, items in a syntagmatic relationship often occur adjacently or within some near syntactic domain. (Ex. Determiners are in a syntagmatic relationship with nouns and vice-versa.) (morphology)
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Syntax
The study of how words form sentences. (syntax)
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Synthetic
A synthetic language makes use of more bound morphemes. (morphology)
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Tableau
A table that shows the rankings of constraints and the evaluation of candidates in Optimality Theory. (phonology)
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Target language
The language that learners are acquiring, teachers are teaching, or translators/interpreters are working into. See also “L2.”
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Telic
Telic refers to the temporal property of an event that is complete or has an endpoint. (semantics)
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Tense
A feature where a sound is produced with high muscle tension. (phonetics)
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Tense
The time when an event happens with respect to some time, usually the speech time. (semantics)
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Tense
Verbal inflection for time. (syntax)
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