List: linguistics
Terms used in the study of the languages.
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- sememe, semanteme, irreducible unit of meaning
linguistics noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- change in pronunciation or meaning of a word, sound change, word with an altered pronunciation or meaning
- turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
rare term linguistics noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ
- depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese), depalatalisation
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- sociolect, social dialect
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- idiolect
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- twin talk, twin speech, cryptophasia, idioglossia
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- old people's talk, sociolect of the elderly, dated language
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards
rare term linguistics noun noun (generic)
- acrolect