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cumulative genitive
Language; General language
A noun phrase that shows possession by using both an s-genitive and an of-genitive.
cumulative adjectives
Language; General language
Consecutive adjectives where the first adjective modifies the second, e.g. the light green Volvo.
cuckoo theory
Language; General language
Another name for bow-wow theory, a theory of language origins that claims that proto-language arose from humans imitating natural sounds.
cryptolect
Language; General language
A language that members of a group use to conceal what they are saying from people who are not members of the group.
cruciverbalist
Language; General language
A person who either makes crossword puzzles or is a word-game enthusiast — especially a crossword-puzzle enthusiast.
creole
Language; General language
A language developed by mixing the vocabulary and grammar of other languages. For example, Jamaican Creole consists largely of English words expressed via West African grammar.
crasis
Language; General language
The contracting of two vowels into either one long vowel or a diphthong.
