Grammar

• grammar

  The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals...

• syntax

  Studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences.

• descriptive grammar

  A grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics.

• prescriptive grammar

  A grammar that is produced by prescriptive linguistics.

Descriptive Linguistics

• descriptive linguistics

  A description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its...

• phonology

  The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification...

Doctrine

• descriptivism

  (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics.

• prescriptivism

  (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics.

Position

• postposition

  (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier...

• preposition

  (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier...

Phoneme

• phoneme

  (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers...

• allophone

  (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme.

Rule

• rule

  (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice.

• universal

  (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all l...

Word

• form

  The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe...

• derivative

  (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative...

Also contains

• linguistic process

  A process involved in human language.

• semantic role

  (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in...

• semantics

  The study of language meaning.

• etymology

  The study of the sources and development of words.

• historical linguistics

  The study of linguistic change; "the synchrony and diachrony of language...

• voice

  (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a...

• computational linguistics

  The use of computers for linguistic research and applications.

• syntax

  The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.

• neurolinguistics

  The branch of linguistics that studies the relation between language and the structure...

• sociolinguistics

  The study of language in relation to its sociocultural context.

• stem

  (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of...

• generative grammar

  (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical...

• linguistic competence

  (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of...

• topicalization

  (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it...

• apheresis

  (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till'...

• linguistic performance

  (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what...

• tone

  (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal...

• phylum

  (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related.

• sign

  A fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified; "The bond between...

• dialect geography

  The study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features.

• morphophoneme

  (linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs...

• complementary distribution

  (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such...

• pragmatics

  The study of language use.

• feature

  (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish...

• structuralism

  Linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse.

• synchronic linguistics

  The study of a language without reference to its historical context.

• prescriptive linguistics

  An account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually...

• NLP

  The study of interactions between computers and human (natural) languages.

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• linguist

  A specialist in linguistics.