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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Linguistics

Leanshift

Language; Linguistics

A process in which the meaning is borrowed,but the form is native.

Hypercorrection

Language; Linguistics

Overuse of a standard linguistic features in terms of both frequency, i.e. over-passing the speakers of higher social status, and overshooting the target, i.e. extending the use of a form in a ...

Discrete point test

Language; Linguistics

A kind of test in which language structures or skills are further divided into individual points of phonology, syntax and lexis.

Integrative test

Language; Linguistics

A kind of test in which language structures or skills are further divided into individual points of phonology, syntax and lexis.

Reliability

Language; Linguistics

Can be defined as consistency. There are two kinds of reliability, i.e. stability reliability and equivalence reliability.

Ideational function

Language; Linguistics

The speaker's experience of the real world, including the inner world of his own consciousness.

Communicative dynamism

Language; Linguistics

The extent to which the sentence element contributes to the development of the communication.

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