Home > Industry/Domain > Language

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.

21Categories 484230Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Language

Become a Contributors

Language > Terminology

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, ...

Sub-categories

TermWiki is ranked top innovative application by IDC.

© 2024 CSOFT International, Ltd.   

Follow us on: