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hyperonym
Language; General language
The general term in the semantic relationship between a general and a more specific term.
homography
Language; General language
The property of a written language such that its written symbols and its sounds have a one-to-one correspondence.
hypallage
Language; General language
A figure of speech where the normal syntactic relationship between words is reversed.
heterogloss
Language; General language
Another name for an isogloss, a geographical boundary that separates the linguistic features that demarcate dialects.
hendiadys
Language; General language
Adding emphasis by using two nouns plus a conjunction instead of a noun modified by an adjective.
iamb
Language; General language
A unit of poetic meter consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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