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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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girl penis
Language; Terminology
A slang expression for a clitoris. This term also applied to a reduced gonadal size seen in male-to-female transsexuals due to hormone replacement therapy.
underlying representation
Language; Terminology
A representation of what is assumed by the linguist to be the structure which lies behind or forms the initial stage in the generation of a surface structure item.
ambi-dental
Language; Terminology
A description of the manner of articulation of the Modern English fricatives /2/ and /3/. It is preferred to inter-dental as the tongue is not usually positioned between the teeth ...
cardinal vowels
Language; Terminology
A system of eight rounded and eight unrounded vowels which was originally developed by the English phonetician Daniel Jones and which is intended as a system of reference for the ...
consonant
Language; Terminology
One of the two main classes of sound. Consonants are formed by a constriction in the supra-glottal tract. Consonants contrast with vowels in their relatively low sonority and are ...
contrastive
Language; Terminology
Refers to any elements which are in opposition to each other. A phonetic distinction is contrastive if it has significance on the phonological level, i.e. if it distinguishes ...
dental
Language; Terminology
A place of articulation characterized by the tip of the tongue being held against the back of the upper teeth, for instance in the pronunciation of /t, d/ in Italian, Swedish, ...
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