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Language
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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fusional language
Language; Grammar
Fusional languages are those in which the divisions between morphemes tend to be difficult to identify and individual affixes tend to have complex meanings. Spanish, like many ...
agglutinative language
Language; Grammar
Agglutinative (or agglutinating) languages are those which often combine their stems with many affixes to form long words.
isolating language
Language; Grammar
Isolating languages tend to form their words of single morphemes (that is, of roots without affixes). They often use several short words where another language might employ one ...
grave accent
Language; Grammar
(pronounced GRAHV, not GRAYV): The "backwards" accent (diacritic) mark that is written on vowels like à or è. (It contrasts with the acute accent on á and é. ) It has been used to ...
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