interrogative sentence

Acoustic phonetics

1. the branch of science dealing with the sounds of speech in terms of their frequency, duration, intensity, etc., esp. as analyzed by means of instruments like the sound spectrograph and the oscillograph. Cf. articulatory phonetics.

2. a composite branch of physics and linguistics that treats sound proper as it relates to speech.

3. the branch of phonetics dealing with the transmission of sounds to the ear and the reception of them by the ear prior to neurological processing. Cf. auditory phonetics.

allographA writing or signature made by one person for another.

allomorph n. Linguistics any of two or more alternative forms of a morpheme.
the slep- \\slep\\ of slept and the sleep \\slēp\\ of sleep well, sleeping, and sleeper are allomorphs of the same morpheme

Morphemic alternant 1) Linguistics: morphemic variant

allophone\ (sub)phonemic alternant

allophone allophone n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [PJC]

Discourse analysis

Noun

: structural analysis of texts larger than one sentence

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Ling.

1. the study of the rules or patterns characterizing units of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence.

2. the study of the rules governing appropriate language use in communicative situations.

Analytic

adj.
1 of or relating to analysis.
2 Philol. analytical.
3 Logic (of a statement etc.) such that its denial is self-contradictory; true by definition

Analogy

The inference that two or more things that are similar to each other in some respects are also similar in other respects.

Anaphora

1. using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
2. repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Anglo-Norman

adj. & n.
—adj.
1 English and Norman.
2 of the Normans in England after the Norman Conquest.
3 of the dialect of French used by them.
—n. the Anglo-Norman dialect.

anomaly /ə-nomˈə-li/

noun

1. Irregularity

2. Deviation from the rule, or from the strict characteristics of type, etc

3. Something displaying such irregularity or deviation, something anomalous

4. The angle measured at the sun between a planet in any point of its orbit and the last perihelion (astronomy)

Antonym

n. a word opposite in meaning to another in the same language (e.g. bad and good

Article

A paragraph or section of any writing, such as a portion of a corporate charter (called articles of incorporation), a will, or different sections of a statute.

One clause or paragraph of a legal document.

Articulatory phonetics –Manners of articulating. It is a subfield of phonetics. In studying articulation, phoneticians explain how humans produce speech sounds via the interaction of different physiological structures.

Affixation

noun

1.the result of adding an affix to a root word

2.formation of a word by means of an affix

3. the act of attaching or affixing something

Bilateral

adj.
1 of, on, or with two sides.
2 affecting or between two parties, countries, etc. (bilateral negotiations).
Phrases and idioms:
bilateral symmetry symmetry about a plane.

polite form-it is form that isnot rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others

Great Vowel Shift

Ling.

a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels /ee/ and /ooh/, already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs /uy/ and /ow/.

Velar (sound)

noun

a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

Aspect

a distinction among different kinds of verb according to their relation to time

type of sentence classification of sentences according to the purpose the sentence serves and the manner in which the thought is expressed (declarative/assertive, imperative,

Accusative case

noun

the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb

case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence.

I see the car.

interrogative sentence

noun

a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

Exclamation

n.
1 the act or an instance of exclaiming.
2 words exclaimed; a strong sudden cry.

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