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General language
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General language
coprolalia
Language; General language
Involuntary, excessive resort to obscene or scatological language.
competence mistake
Language; General language
Chomskyan terminology denoting speech or writing errors that result from ignorance of the language or an inability to use it properly.
complement
Language; General language
A word, phrase, or clause that is needed to complete a sentence's meaning.
completive marker
Language; General language
The part of a verbal construction that shows that an action is completely finished; as opposed to the more unfinished implication of the verb when it is just used alone.
complex-compound sentence
Language; General language
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses.
