Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Blog

Language; Linguistics

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as ...

Omomatopeia

Language; Linguistics

Occasionally spelled omomatopœia, omomatopeia is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as "bang" or ...

Phonemic transcription

Language; Linguistics

A broad transcription that transcribes the speech sounds that (normally) have to occur in standard pronunciation (RP or GenAm). Phonemic transcriptions have to be written in slashes / /.

Suffix

Language; Linguistics

A suffix is a special kind of affix, added to the end of a root or a stem.

Co-hyponym

Language; Linguistics

A co-hyponym defines both, synonyms and antonyms of a term.

Encoding is the process of transforming information from one format into another. The opposite operation is called decoding. Character encoding or character set (sometimes referred to as code page) ...

Introspection

Language; Linguistics

Introspection is contemplation on one's self, as opposed to extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self. Introspection may be used synonymously with self-reflection and used in a ...