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monosyllable collapse: a word or utterance of one syllable

lexeme collapse: a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

polysyllable collapse: a word of more than three syllables

antonym collapse: a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'"

synonym collapse: two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

homonym collapse: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

locution collapse

morphology collapse: the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants; the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; the admissible arrangement of sounds in words; studies of the rules for forming admissible words

phonetician collapse: a specialist in phonetics

grammarian collapse: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

vocable collapse: a word that is spoken aloud

linguist collapse: a person who speaks more than one language; a specialist in linguistics

regional accent collapse

utterance collapse: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

syntactics collapse

philology collapse

linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

parol collapse

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

semantics collapse: the study of language meaning

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

matrix collapse: mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface; the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded; a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

lexicographer collapse: a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

genre collapse: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

morpheme collapse: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

philologist collapse: a humanist specializing in classical scholarship

provincialism collapse: a lack of sophistication

Yankee collapse: an American (especially to non-Americans); an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

glossematics collapse

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

phonetics collapse: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

phonology collapse: the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes

syllable collapse: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"

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