Linguistics

Entertainment / Literature / Linguistics: (from Latin lingua, 'tongue') The study of language as a system, as opposed to learning how to speak a foreign language.
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Smoothing

Entertainment / Literature / Smoothing: In linguistics, the monophthongization of several Old English diphthongs. MORE

Semiotics

Entertainment / Literature / Semiotics: The study of both verbal and nonverbal signs. In Charles Sanders Peirce's thinking, a sign may fall into several possible categories: iconic signs bear some natural resemblance to what they signify. F MORE

Retroflex

Entertainment / Literature / Retroflex: In linguistics, any sound produced with the tongue-tip bent or curled backward--such as the sound of the liquid . Retroflex s over time often change into the liquid and vice-versa. For insta MORE

Off Glide

Entertainment / Literature / Off Glide: In linguistics, the second-half of a diphthong sound. MORE

Weak Verb

Entertainment / Literature / Weak Verb: In linguistics, a Germanic verb whose principle parts require the addition of a dental suffix--i.e., typically a /d/ or a /t/. Contrast with a strong verb, one whose linguistic principal parts were fo MORE

Ask Word

Entertainment / Literature / Ask Word: In linguistics, Algeo defines this as any of the words whose historical /???¦/ sound becomes the vowel /a/ in Eastern New England and in British pronunciation (313). MORE