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Back Formation
When one creates a new word by mistakenly removing an affix or something he or she believes to be an affix (ex. editor> edit; disgruntle>gruntle). (morphology)
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Backing
Describes the process where a front sound becomes a back sound. (phonology)
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Basic Allophone
The allophone that occurs elsewhere. (phonology)
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Basilect
The lowest register of a language; the most colloquial, “street” dialect. In pidgins and creoles, the form of the language most influenced by the substrate. (sociolinguistics)
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Bi-Text
A text that has the same information written in two languages. (orthography)
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Bi-Uniqueness
The principle that an allophone comes from only one phoneme; there is a one-to-one relationship between a single allophone and a single phoneme. (phonology)
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Bidialectal
Having two dialects. (sociolinguistics)
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Bilingual
Having two languages. (sociolinguistics)
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Bimoraic Syllable
This occurs when a syllable has a long nucleus or a coda. (phonology)
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Binding
X binds Y if X c-commands and is coreferential with Y. (syntax)
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