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eme

Language; General language

The linguist's favourite suffix to use when coining names for atomic units of lexical, grammatical, and phonological structure.

emic

Language; General language

That which is underlying. As opposed to etic, which denotes the surface form.

emoticon

Language; General language

Characters and/or symbols that are used in internet communication to remove ambiguity by clarifying the writer's tone.

theoretical

Language; General language

Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.

gotcha

Language; General language

A slang term combining the words Got and you into gotcha. The meaning of the gotcha is "I understand," or "I follow you."

copious

Language; General language

Any person with a lot of information is called as copious. Any language with too many words is also termed as copious.

proto-elamite script

History; General language

Proto-elamite script is the world's oldest undeciphered writing system from Iran.It was used during the Early Bronze Age over a brief period of time (ca.3100-2900 BC) and is thought to have developed ...

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