A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics David Crystal

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AcknowledgementsFor the first edition, prepared in 1978, I was fortunate in having several colleaguesin my department at Reading University who gave generously of their time toread the text of this dictionary, in whole or in part, advised me on how toproceed in relation to several of the above problems, and pointed out placeswhere my own biases were intruding too markedly: Ron Brasington, Paul Fletcher,Michael Garman, Arthur Hughes, Peter Matthews, Frank Palmer and IreneWarburton. Hilary, my wife, typed the final version of the whole book (andthis before word-processors were around!). A second edition is in many waysa stronger entity, as it benefits from feedback from reviewers and readers,and among those who spent time improving that edition (1984) were K. V. T.Bhat, Colin Biggs, Georges Bourcier, René Dirven, DuRan GabrovRek, GeraldGazdar, Francisco Gomez de Matos, Lars Hermerén, Rodney Huddleston, NeilSmith, John Wood and Walburga von Raffler Engel. For the third edition (1990),the need to cover syntactic theory efficiently required special help, which wasprovided by Ewa Jaworska and Bob Borsley. During the 1990s, the arrival ofmajor encyclopedic projects, such as the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics(OUP, 1992) and The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Pergamon,1993) provided an invaluable indication of new terms and senses, as did theseries of Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics. As editor of Linguistics Abstractsat the time, my attention was drawn by the systematic coverage of that journalto several terms which I would otherwise have missed. All these sources providedmaterial for the fourth edition (1996).The fifth edition benefited from a review of the fourth edition written by thelate and much-missed James McCawley, as well as by material from Lisa Green,William Idsardi, Allard Jongman, Peter Lasersohn and Ronald Wardhaugh, whoacted as consultants for sections of vocabulary relating to their specialisms. It isno longer possible for one person to keep pace with all the developments in thisamazing subject, and without them that edition would, quite simply, not havebeen effective. I am immensely grateful for their interest and commitment, asindeed for that of the editorial in-house team at Blackwells, who arranged it.The fifth edition was also set directly from an XML file, an exercise which couldnot have proceeded so efficiently without the help of Tony McNicholl. The sixthedition has continued this policy of standing on the shoulders of specialists, andI warmly acknowledge the assistance of William Idsardi and Allard Jongman
xiiAcknowledgements(for a second time), as well as John Field, Janet Fuller, Michael Kenstowicz,John Saeed, and Hidezaku Tanaka.As always, I remain responsible for the use I have made of all this help, andcontinue to welcome comments from readers willing to draw my attention toareas where further progress might be made.David CrystalHolyhead, 2008
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Page 6 and 7: ContentsPreface to the Sixth Editio
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Page 14 and 15: List of AbbreviationsTerm Gloss Rel
Page 16 and 17: List of AbbreviationsxvDAF delayed
Page 18 and 19: List of AbbreviationsxviiIE Indo-Eu
Page 20 and 21: List of Abbreviationsxixpart, PART
Page 22 and 23: List of AbbreviationsxxiUTAH unifor
Page 24 and 25: List of Symbolsxxiii* asterisk; sta
Page 26 and 27: The InternationalPhonetic Alphabetr
Page 28 and 29: 2 A-bindingabessive’) is found in
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Page 38 and 39: 12 adjoinclass in English (and simi
Page 40 and 41: 14 adultocentriclinguistic area. Ad
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Page 44 and 45: 18 AGRAGR /caìv/see agreementagram
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Page 50 and 51: 24 anacoluthongreater the intensity
Page 52 and 53: 26 anchorvowels are also known as p
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36 articulator modelairflow through
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38 aspectaspect (n.) (asp) A catego
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40 assimilatorySeveral types of ass
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42 asymmetric rhythmic theoryman do
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44 auditory phoneticsand John MacDo
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46 auxiliarylinear arrangement of s
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Bbaby-talk (n.)see child-directed s
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50 barrierbarrier (n.) A term used
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52 benefactiveanticipate the develo
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54 binaritybinarity, binarism (n.)s
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56 bivalentphones, and vice versa -
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58 BloomfieldianismBloomfieldianism
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60 bow-wow theorybow-wow theory The
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62 branching quantifiersbranching q
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CC An abbreviation in government-bi
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66 caregiver/caretaker speechVOWELS
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68 cataphoraused with an objective
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70 causativecause and effect leadin
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72 CHAIN(2) In government-binding t
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74 checkingin a short time interval
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76 Chomsky hierarchyand psychologis
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78 classificationclassification (n.
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80 cline[!] formerly [t], and later
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82 coalescein syllables in English,
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84 cognisea cognate subject-verb-ob
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86 collapseelements belonging to th
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88 commentterm ‘command’, but o
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90 communication sciencethat langua
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92 competencelengthened when a syll
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94 complete assimilationcomplete as
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96 componential analysisthe strengt
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98 concatenatetake into account the
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100 condition on extraction domains
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102 connectionconnection (n.) A ter
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104 conspireconspire (v.)see conspi
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106 constraint demotion algorithmLa
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108 contact assimilationrestricted
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110 contextualizesemantics. Context
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112 contrarythat John has not gone.
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114 conversational turnconversation
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116 copulacopula (n.) A term used i
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118 corpus-internal/-external evide
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120 counter-agentmuch information.
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122 creativitysuch as Oh I don’t
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124 cross-sectionalco-referential.
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126 cyclephrase-marker (the first c
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Ddangling participle In traditional
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130 deadjectivalsuch as ∃(e[hit(e
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132 defaultdefault (n.) The applica
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134 delayeddelayed (adj.) One of th
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136 denotationexample, in the garde
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138 dependentrelation holds between
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140 descriptive adequacy/grammar/li
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142 diachronic[ai] etc.; a diamorph
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144 dialectalizationparticular prof
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146 diphthonghas also been called t
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148 discourseargues that languages
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150 disharmonysignal can be analyse
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152 distinctivenessfor particular s
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154 distributed representationdistr
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156 donkey sentenceand N are direct
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158 downward entailinggenerally as
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160 dynamic linguistics/phonetics/p
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162 ecological linguisticscultural
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164 egressiveegressive (adj.) A ter
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166 elisionelision (n.) A term used
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168 empiricismempiricism (n.) An ap
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170 entrenchfollows from (is entail
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172 equi NP deletionequative senten
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174 état de languethe increased us
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176 evaluative(periodicity), such a
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178 exhaustivenessphonetics, the ap
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180 exponenceexponence (n.) A conce
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182 extralinguisticit is possible t
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Fface (n.) In pragmatics and intera
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186 fathereseremote degree of relat
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188 felicity conditionsfelicity con
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190 finite automataindependent sent
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192 flatflat (adj.) (1) A term used
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194 FOOTBINFOOTBIN (n.) In optimali
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196 formantformant (n.) (F) A term
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198 freeused to specify the range o
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200 front/r/ is often articulated i
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202 functional application/composit
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204 fusioncomponent in a complex so
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206 geminationgemination (n.) A ter
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208 generalized quantifier theoryse
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210 genitivegenitive (adj./n.) (gen
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212 gliding vowelgliding vowel see
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214 goaldifferent university centre
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216 government theorygovernment and
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218 grammar inductionterm tradition
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220 graphemegrapheme (n.) The minim
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222 ground nounground nounsee grind
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224 hapax legomenonhapax legomenon
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226 head-driven phrase-structure gr
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228 hiatusheuristic’), and used a
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230 hodiernallinguistic data; oppos
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232 horizontal grouping/splittingho
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Iiamb (n.) A traditional term in me
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236 idiomidiom (n.) A term used in
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238 imperfect tenseimperfect tense
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240 inclusivegiven an excluding int
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242 indicativehas come to be known
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244 inflectional language(2) (INFL,
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246 inheritanceinheritance (n.) A t
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248 instrumentaland business. As ot
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250 interlinguaview, phonology woul
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252 interruptibilityinterruptibilit
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254 invariablein generative grammar
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256 isoglossintervals throughout an
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JJakobsonian (adj.) Characteristic
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KKatz-Postal hypothesis A proposed
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262 knowledge about languageknowled
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264 labio-velarfor a labio-dental s
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266 language acquisition deviceof c
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268 language minorityin the USA); o
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270 last-cyclic rulesformer heading
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272 learninglanguage can in princip
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274 lenisstudied in terms of the nu
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276 level-skippinglevel-skipping (n
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278 lexical retrieval‘types’ is
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280 lexotacticsare used to simplify
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282 linear precedence rulelinear pr
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284 linguisticsrecent and rapid, ha
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286 lip-roundinglip-roundingsee rou
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288 locuscase form (‘a locative
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290 loopbackfollows the course of l
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Mmacrolinguistics (n.) A term used
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294 manner adverb(ial)features, sou
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296 markersentences illustrate this
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298 maximal-commandThe student who
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300 meaning constructionthe imperat
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302 meronymyto as ‘phonemic split
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304 metrical phonologyL3L2L1xthirwx
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306 minimal free formof go is Mary:
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308 mixingmixing (n.)M-level (n.)se
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310 modifiermodification-head-quali
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312 Montague grammarMontague gramma
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314 morpheme-based morphologymorphe
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316 morphotacticsmorphotactics (n.)
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318 multilingualthe same set of fea
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Nnarrative (adj./n.) An application
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322 nativismit as a second or forei
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324 negative concord(as in French n
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326 neurological linguisticsneurolo
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328 noiseThe notion has achieved sp
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330 non-definitenon-definite (adj.)
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332 non-sexist languagetable. Such
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334 noun incorporationare often des
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Oobject (n.) (O, Obj, OBJ) A term u
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338 obsoleteprevious era, such as l
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340 openThe structure is ill formed
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342 oppositionopposition (n.) A ter
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344 orderis introduced, correspondi
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346 overtThe notion of complete ove
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348 palato-alveolarwhole of the upp
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350 parametric phonetics(2) See par
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352 particleThe name comes from the
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354 past perfectpast perfectsee per
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356 perceptionperception (n.) The g
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358 peripheralat the next level, hi
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360 phatic communionduring which th
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362 phonemehave as few as fifteen p
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364 phonetic settingreflects the ai
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366 phonostylisticsboth of which re
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368 phylogenygenerative device. Phr
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370 pitch meteralso been applied to
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372 plethysmograph(2) In the study
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374 polysyllablelarge proportion of
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376 positive(e.g. unsuccessful cann
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378 postvocalicpostvocalic (adj.) I
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380 Prague Schoolto do with narrati
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382 predicate calculusfixed number
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384 prerequisitesprerequisites (n.)
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386 primitiveprimitive (adj./n.) An
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388 processprocedures, of which thr
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390 pro-formor pattern. A pattern i
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392 proprelative pronouns, e.g. who
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394 protasisunit, such as consonant
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396 psycholexicologyinterest, frigh
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Qqualia structure /ckwe}l}v/, singu
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400 questionproduce such changes, w
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402 rankclassical TG subject-raisin
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404 reassociationtaken together as
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406 recursively enumerableThese rul
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408 referentreferent (n.) A term us
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410 regular grammarthe notion was i
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412 relativized minimalityrelativiz
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414 resonanceresonance (n.) A term
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416 reversiblereversible (adj.)see
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418 right dislocationright dislocat
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420 root-and-patternapplies only to
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SS′ An abbreviation used in gener
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424 scansionby establishing four th
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426 segmentsegment (n.) A term used
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428 semanticitysemanticity (n.) A v
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430 semantic selectionsemantic sele
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432 semologythat of a vowel; though
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434 serial relationshiphe will win,
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436 sight translationa narrow, groo
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438 single-feature assimilationsing
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440 sluicingthe sentence The childr
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442 sonorantsonorant (adj./n.) (son
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444 space grammar(6) In the linguis
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446 speech actillocutionary force a
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448 speech timeacoustic or articula
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450 stabilityenriched by the inclus
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452 statistical universalthe aim of
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454 straysystem deals with an aspec
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456 stress-footbut in the phrase th
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458 structural ambiguitylargely dat
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460 stylisticsstylistics (n.) A bra
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462 subjectivesubjective (adj.)subj
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464 substratumsuperiority, as can b
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466 supplementary movementssuppleme
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468 syllableproduce consonants. Thi
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470 syndetonsynchronically to refer
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472 synthesisexamples: syntactical
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474 systematic phoneticssystematic
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476 tacticthe fact that their intui
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478 taxisrelationship. Combinations
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480 tensedTense forms (i.e. variati
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482 text deixisthe text in which th
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484 theolinguisticstheolinguistics
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486 tonal polaritytonal polarity se
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488 tonogenesison the meaning inten
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490 transcriptionliterary excellenc
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492 transformation(where be is a fo
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494 transitivitytransitivity (n.) A
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496 triadictriadic (adj.) A term us
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498 truth valuefunctions which map
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Uultimate constituent (UC) A term u
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502 unfootedbinary feature matrices
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504 universaluniversal (adj./n.) A
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506 uvularBut it has proved very di
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508 valleyvalley (n.)see peak, syll
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510 velaricA loose auditory label f
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512 vertical grouping/splittingwork
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514 vocal lips(2) In phonetics, a t
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516 voice qualifiersometimes made t
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518 vowel shiftvowel shiftsee sound
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520 weak generative capacityweak ge
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522 worddifferent structural types.
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524 word grammarIn a more restricte
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526 X-tierX-tier (n.) A term used i
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Zzero (adj./n.) A term used in some
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