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compound adverb
Language; General language
An adverb that is made up of two or more words that are joined together without hyphens.
compound sentence
Language; General language
A sentence that consists of two or more independent clauses.
compound split infinitive
Language; General language
A split infinitive that has been split by a multi-word phrase.
cuneiform
Language; General language
A Mesopotamian phonetic syllabary script consisting of about 600 symbols, 300 of which were used regularly.
cumulative sentence
Language; General language
Another name for a periodic sentence, a sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase is stated.
cumulative reference
Language; General language
An expression X is said to have cumulative reference if and only if the following holds: If X is true of both of a and b, then it is also true of the combination of a and b.
