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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Pho
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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Pho
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Contents Preface to the Sixth Editi
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Preface to the Sixth Edition vii di
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Acknowledgements For the first edit
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List of Abbreviations Term Gloss Re
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List of Abbreviations xv DAF delaye
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List of Abbreviations xvii IE Indo-
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List of Symbols xxiii * asterisk; s
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The International Phonetic Alphabet
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2 A-binding abessive’) is found i
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4 accentology of its syllables: one
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6 accessible accessible (adj.) see
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8 acquire fundamental frequency of
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10 actualization actualization (n.)
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12 adjoin class in English (and sim
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14 adultocentric linguistic area. A
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16 affixal morphology are a type of
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18 AGR AGR /caìv/ see agreement ag
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20 allegro with illative, adessive
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22 alternative set usual symbol for
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24 anacoluthon greater the intensit
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26 anchor vowels are also known as
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28 antiformant (2) The term is also
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30 aphesis aphesis /cafvs}s/ (n.),
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32 appropriateness appropriateness
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34 arity other term to the predicat
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36 articulator model airflow throug
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38 aspect aspect (n.) (asp) A categ
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40 assimilatory Several types of as
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42 asymmetric rhythmic theory man d
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44 auditory phonetics and John MacD
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46 auxiliary linear arrangement of
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B baby-talk (n.) see child-directed
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50 barrier barrier (n.) A term used
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52 benefactive anticipate the devel
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54 binarity binarity, binarism (n.)
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56 bivalent phones, and vice versa
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58 Bloomfieldianism Bloomfieldianis
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60 bow-wow theory bow-wow theory Th
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62 branching quantifiers branching
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C C An abbreviation in government-b
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66 caregiver/caretaker speech VOWEL
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68 cataphora used with an objective
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70 causative cause and effect leadi
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72 CHAIN (2) In government-binding
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74 checking in a short time interva
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76 Chomsky hierarchy and psychologi
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78 classification classification (n
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80 cline [!] formerly [t], and late
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82 coalesce in syllables in English
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84 cognise a cognate subject-verb-o
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86 collapse elements belonging to t
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88 comment term ‘command’, but
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90 communication science that langu
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92 competence lengthened when a syl
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94 complete assimilation complete a
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96 componential analysis the streng
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98 concatenate take into account th
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100 condition on extraction domains
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102 connection connection (n.) A te
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104 conspire conspire (v.) see cons
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106 constraint demotion algorithm L
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108 contact assimilation restricted
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110 contextualize semantics. Contex
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112 contrary that John has not gone
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114 conversational turn conversatio
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116 copula copula (n.) A term used
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118 corpus-internal/-external evide
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120 counter-agent much information.
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122 creativity such as Oh I don’t
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124 cross-sectional co-referential.
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126 cycle phrase-marker (the first
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D dangling participle In traditiona
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130 deadjectival such as ∃(e[hit(
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132 default default (n.) The applic
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134 delayed delayed (adj.) One of t
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136 denotation example, in the gard
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138 dependent relation holds betwee
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140 descriptive adequacy/grammar/li
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142 diachronic [ai] etc.; a diamorp
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144 dialectalization particular pro
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146 diphthong has also been called
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148 discourse argues that languages
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150 disharmony signal can be analys
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152 distinctiveness for particular
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154 distributed representation dist
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156 donkey sentence and N are direc
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158 downward entailing generally as
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160 dynamic linguistics/phonetics/p
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162 ecological linguistics cultural
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164 egressive egressive (adj.) A te
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166 elision elision (n.) A term use
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168 empiricism empiricism (n.) An a
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170 entrench follows from (is entai
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172 equi NP deletion equative sente
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174 état de langue the increased u
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176 evaluative (periodicity), such
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178 exhaustiveness phonetics, the a
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180 exponence exponence (n.) A conc
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182 extralinguistic it is possible
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F face (n.) In pragmatics and inter
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186 fatherese remote degree of rela
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188 felicity conditions felicity co
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190 finite automata independent sen
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192 flat flat (adj.) (1) A term use
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194 FOOTBIN FOOTBIN (n.) In optimal
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196 formant formant (n.) (F) A term
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198 free used to specify the range
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200 front /r/ is often articulated
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202 functional application/composit
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204 fusion component in a complex s
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206 gemination gemination (n.) A te
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208 generalized quantifier theory s
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210 genitive genitive (adj./n.) (ge
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212 gliding vowel gliding vowel see
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214 goal different university centr
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216 government theory government an
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218 grammar induction term traditio
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220 grapheme grapheme (n.) The mini
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222 ground noun ground noun see gri
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224 hapax legomenon hapax legomenon
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226 head-driven phrase-structure gr
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228 hiatus heuristic’), and used
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230 hodiernal linguistic data; oppo
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232 horizontal grouping/splitting h
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I iamb (n.) A traditional term in m
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236 idiom idiom (n.) A term used in
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238 imperfect tense imperfect tense
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240 inclusive given an excluding in
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242 indicative has come to be known
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244 inflectional language (2) (INFL
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246 inheritance inheritance (n.) A
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248 instrumental and business. As o
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250 interlingua view, phonology wou
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252 interruptibility interruptibili
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254 invariable in generative gramma
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256 isogloss intervals throughout a
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J Jakobsonian (adj.) Characteristic
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K Katz-Postal hypothesis A proposed
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262 knowledge about language knowle
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264 labio-velar for a labio-dental
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266 language acquisition device of
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268 language minority in the USA);
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270 last-cyclic rules former headin
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272 learning language can in princi
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274 lenis studied in terms of the n
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276 level-skipping level-skipping (
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278 lexical retrieval ‘types’ i
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280 lexotactics are used to simplif
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282 linear precedence rule linear p
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284 linguistics recent and rapid, h
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286 lip-rounding lip-rounding see r
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288 locus case form (‘a locative
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290 loopback follows the course of
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M macrolinguistics (n.) A term used
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294 manner adverb(ial) features, so
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296 marker sentences illustrate thi
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298 maximal-command The student who
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300 meaning construction the impera
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302 meronymy to as ‘phonemic spli
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304 metrical phonology L3 L2 L1 x t
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306 minimal free form of go is Mary
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308 mixing mixing (n.) M-level (n.)
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310 modifier modification-head-qual
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312 Montague grammar Montague gramm
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314 morpheme-based morphology morph
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316 morphotactics morphotactics (n.
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318 multilingual the same set of fe
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N narrative (adj./n.) An applicatio
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322 nativism it as a second or fore
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324 negative concord (as in French
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326 neurological linguistics neurol
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328 noise The notion has achieved s
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330 non-definite non-definite (adj.
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332 non-sexist language table. Such
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334 noun incorporation are often de
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O object (n.) (O, Obj, OBJ) A term
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338 obsolete previous era, such as
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340 open The structure is ill forme
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342 opposition opposition (n.) A te
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344 order is introduced, correspond
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346 overt The notion of complete ov
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348 palato-alveolar whole of the up
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350 parametric phonetics (2) See pa
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352 particle The name comes from th
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354 past perfect past perfect see p
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356 perception perception (n.) The
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358 peripheral at the next level, h
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360 phatic communion during which t
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362 phoneme have as few as fifteen
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364 phonetic setting reflects the a
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366 phonostylistics both of which r
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368 phylogeny generative device. Ph
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370 pitch meter also been applied t
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372 plethysmograph (2) In the study
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374 polysyllable large proportion o
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376 positive (e.g. unsuccessful can
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378 postvocalic postvocalic (adj.)
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380 Prague School to do with narrat
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382 predicate calculus fixed number
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384 prerequisites prerequisites (n.
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386 primitive primitive (adj./n.) A
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388 process procedures, of which th
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390 pro-form or pattern. A pattern
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392 prop relative pronouns, e.g. wh
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394 protasis unit, such as consonan
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396 psycholexicology interest, frig
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Q qualia structure /ckwe}l}v/, sing
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400 question produce such changes,
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402 rank classical TG subject-raisi
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404 reassociation taken together as
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406 recursively enumerable These ru
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508 valley valley (n.) see peak, sy
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510 velaric A loose auditory label
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512 vertical grouping/splitting wor
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514 vocal lips (2) In phonetics, a
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516 voice qualifier sometimes made
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518 vowel shift vowel shift see sou
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520 weak generative capacity weak g
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522 word different structural types
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524 word grammar In a more restrict
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526 X-tier X-tier (n.) A term used
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Z zero (adj./n.) A term used in som