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absolute tense

Language; General language

Any tense that refers to time in relation to the moment that the words are actually being said, e.g. I'm going to the store. and I went to the store.

abstract noun

Language; General language

A noun that labels an idea, a quality, an attribute, or a condition, i.e. things that cannot be perceived by the senses, e.g. anger, width, knowledge, and strength.

abugida

Language; General language

- A writing system in which a consonant sign is almost always followed by a vowel sign.

accent bar

Language; General language

A name for a perceived social barrier in Britain that favours those who use Received Pronunciation.

accent grave (`)

Language; General language

The French name for the ` diacritical mark, which is used in, for example, written Breton, Catalan, Dutch, French, and Greek.

accidence

Language; General language

The area of grammar that deals with inflection — i.e. the modifying of a word to show grammatical information, such as possession, tense, or number.

chain of nouns

Language; General language

Another name for a noun chain, a series of consecutive nouns with all but the last one functioning as adjectives, e.g. sand transfer mitigation effort and cost recovery action.