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derived noun
Language; General language
A noun derived from a different class of word, e.g. a noun derived from a verb.
descriptive compound
Language; General language
A type of compound in which part of it acts as either an attributive or appositional modifier.
descriptivism
Language; General language
Practicing or advocating descriptive linguistics, i.e. the belief that the linguist's proper role is to observe and describe language behaviors, rather than to prescribe how people should speak.
designatum
Language; General language
The object or class of objects — whether existing or not — that a sign labels.
design features of language
Language; General language
The 16 features of human language that distinguish human from animal communication.
determinative
Language; General language
A written symbol or word that is used to disambiguate the meaning of another written symbol or word.
determinative compound
Language; General language
A type of compound in which part of it gives information that pertains to the compound's head, but not by acting as a modifier.
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