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alveolar sound
Language; General language
A sound made by placing the tongue against the alveolar ridge, e.g. [t], [d], [s], [z], [n], and [l].
amalgam
Language; General language
A word coined from two or more roots that derive from different languages.
amalgamation
Language; General language
The process of creating amalgams, i.e. blends that contain roots from multiple languages.
ambigram
Language; General language
A graphic that spells out different words depending on which direction you view it from.
ambiposition
Language; General language
An adposition that can be placed either in front of or after the complement, e.g.He slept through the whole night. orHe slept the whole night through.
ambisyllabicity
Language; General language
The sharing of a consonant by the preceding and following syllables.
ambitransitive verb
Language; General language
A verb that can be both transitive and intransitive without changing its inflection.
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