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Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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Final devoicing

Language; Linguistics

Final obstruent devoicing or terminal devoicing is a systematic phonological process occurring in languages such as German, Dutch, Polish, and Russian, among others. In these languages, voiced ...

Arc

Language; Linguistics

In Euclidean geometry, an arc is a closed segment of a differentiable curve in the two-dimensional plane; for example, a circular arc is a segment of a circle. If the arc segment occupies a great ...

Circular definition

Language; Linguistics

Definitions can be circular or recursive. The definition refers to itself and defines thus an infinite number of things (f.ex.: a thing is an object and an object is a thing)

Speech assessment methods phonetic alphabet (SAMPA)

An alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists. ...

Spreadsheet

Language; Linguistics

A spreadsheet is a rectangular table (or grid) of information, often financial information. The word came from "spread" in its sense of a newspaper or magazine item (text and/or graphics) that covers ...

Syllable

Language; Linguistics

A syllable is a unit of organisation for a sequence of speech sounds. It is typically made up of a syllable nucleus (most often a vowel) with optional initial and final margins (typically, ...

Website

Language; Linguistics

A Website (or Web site ) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. A web page is a document, typically written in ...