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predicate

Language; Grammar

A typical sentence usually contains two main parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

interjection

Language; Grammar

An exclamation inserted into a sentence without a definite grammatical connection. For example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well! are all interjections.

babbling

Language; Grammar

A stage in child and a state in language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words.

neurolinguistics

Language; Grammar

The study of the neural mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language.

comparative literature

Language; Grammar

Critical scholarship dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups.

language development

Language; Grammar

A process starting early in human life, when a person begins to acquire language by learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry.

A branch of anthropology that brings linguistic methods to bear on anthropological problems, linking the analysis of semiotic and particularly linguistic forms and processes to the interpretation of ...