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amelioration
Language; General language
A language change process in which over time a word comes to have a more positive denotation.
iota subscript
Language; General language
A small iota written beneath a long vowel. It is used to indicate the second element of a diphthong.
initialism
Language; General language
A word formed from the first letters of other words. What make it an initialism is that it is pronounced as a sequence of letters.
infinitival particle
Language; General language
The particle to when it is used to form the infinitive, e.g. to eat and to sleep.
inductive antonomasia
Language; General language
The language change process in which a specific name for something or some process becomes the general term for a class of things or processes.
