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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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