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Linguistics
The scientific study of human language.
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Suprasegmental
Language; Linguistics
Aspects of speech that involve more than single sound segments. The principle suprasegmental features are syllable, stress, tone and intonation.
Distinctive features
Language; Linguistics
A term of phonology, i.e. a property which distinguishes one phoneme from another.
Derivation
Language; Linguistics
A derivation in linguistics is the process of changing the meaning and/or lexical class of a lexeme by adding a morpheme.
Displacement
Language; Linguistics
A design feature of human language which allows users to symbolise objects, events and concepts which are not present in time and space, at the moment of communication.
Synchronic
Language; Linguistics
A kind of description which takes a fixed instant(usually, but not necessarily the present) as its point of observation. Most grammar is of this kind.
Arbitrariness
Language; Linguistics
One design feature of human language, which refers to the face that the forms of linguistic signs bear no natural relationship to their meaning.
Prescriptive
Language; Linguistics
A kind of linguistic study in which things are prescribed how they ought to be, i.e. laying down rules for language use.
