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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 120
Table 19.1 continued
historical linguistics diachronic linguistics
hypernym hyperonym, superordinate
hyperonym hypernym, superordinate
iambic reversal rhythm rule, stress shift
idiomatisation fossilisation, lexicalisation
inceptive inchoative
inchoative inceptive
inflecting flectional, flexional, fusional, inflectional,
inflexional
inflectional flectional, flexional, fusional, inflecting,
inflexional
inflexional flectional, flexional, fusional, inflecting,
inflectional
informant consultant
Ingvaeonic (†) Anglo-Frisian
initialism abbreviation, alphabetism
intonational phrase breath group, tone group
intransitive monovalent
introflection transfixation
isolating analytic
kinetic tone contour tone
labio-palatal (†) labial-palatal
labio-velar (†) labial-velar
LAD (language acquisition device) LAS
laryngal glottal, laryngeal
laryngeal glottal, laryngal
laryngealisation creaky voice
LAS (language acquisition system) LAD
lax (a) with retracted tongue root
(b) lenis
lax vowel checked vowel, short vowel (in English)
lect code, variety
lemma headword
length quantity
lenis lax
lenition weakening
lexical word (as a modifier in e.g. lexical stress = word
stress)
lexical category part of speech, word class
lexical item listeme
lexical verb full verb
lexical word content word, full word
lexicalisation fossilisation, idiomatisation
lexicalised fossilised
lexicon dictionary
lexis vocabulary
linguistic area Sprachbund
linguistic relativity Sapir-Whorf hypothesis