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asyndetic coordination
Language; General language
The type of coordination where the coordinating conjunction is missing but implied.
attested form
Language; General language
Surviving word forms that are used as evidence for an attested language, i.e. a language for which there is existing evidence that has survived up to the present.
atelicity
Language; General language
The property of a verbal statement such that it indicates that an action or event is incomplete in some way.
attic salt
Language; General language
An archaic term denoting "refined, delicate, and poignant wit."
apposition
Language; General language
When a word or a phrase is placed after another word or a phrase to qualify or explain it.
baby talk
Language; General language
The traditional term for the style of speech used by people when they are speaking to babies. It consists, for example, of short sentences, repetition, and a simplied vocabulary, and it is usually ...
back-channelling
Language; General language
The responses you make during a conversation that let your interlocutor know that you are listening to them.
