Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Homophone

Language; Linguistics

Homophone is a word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning, for example: carat, caret, and carrot. Homophones may be spelled differently, but the term also applies to ...

Dialogue is a reciprocal conversation between two or more persons. The etymological origins of the word concepts like flowing-through meaning)) do not necessarily convey the way in which people have ...

Simple word

Language; Linguistics

Simple word is a short word that is a stem or a root. F.ex.: Boy, dog, girl, etc

Decoding

Language; Linguistics

Decoding is the reverse of encoding, which is the process of transforming information from one format into another.

Etymology

Language; Linguistics

Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Through old texts and comparison with other languages, etymologists reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, ...

Typology

Language; Linguistics

Linguistic typology is a subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the structural diversity of the ...

Meronym

Language; Linguistics

Meronym is a semanitk relation concept used in linguistics. A meronym denotes a constituent part of, or a member of something. That is, X is a meronym of Y if Xs are parts of Ys, or X is a meronym of ...