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A-Z 623LL 1 vs L 2L 1 is used in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and error analysis todesignate a speaker’s ‘first language,’ ‘native language,’ or ‘mother tongue.’ In contrast,L 2 designates the second or target language.labelled bracketingWriting convention adopted by linguistics on the model of mathematical representationsfor illustrating syntactic structures. Labelled bracketing is equivalent to the representationin tree diagrams (see example there).glossematicsReferenceslabial [Lat. labium ‘lip’]1 Speech sound classified according to its articulator (lower lip), in contrast to alingual, e.g. [f], [m] in .2 Speech sound classified according to its place of articulation (upper lip) e.g. [b],[m], and [p] in .3 Speech sound classified according to its articulator (lower lip) and its place ofarticulation (upper lips). A more exact classification distinguishes between bilabials [p,b, m], labiodentals [f, v], and labio-velars [w], among others. ( also articulatoryphonetics, phonetics)