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binary antonyms

Language; General language

Pairs of antonyms that have the all-or-nothing property that to deny one member of the pair is equivalent to affirming the other.

blend

Language; General language

A word formed by combining parts of other words. As opposed to a compound, which is a word formed by combining whole words.

blocking

Language; General language

A word-formation principle that forbids applying a productivity rule to a word if the word already has a corresponding irregular form. For example, because the word came already exists, the ...

bouletic modality

Language; General language

A type of modality that expresses what is possible or necessary given someone's desires.

accidental gap

Language; General language

A word or other form that does not exist in a language but which should exist given the grammatical rules of the language.

accusative case

Language; General language

The case that shows which noun is receiving the verb's action (i.e. the case that indicates the direct object of a transitive verb).

acoustic phonetics

Language; General language

The branch of phonetics that studies the sound waves that vocal organs make.

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