Linguistics

Linguistics

The scientific study of human language.

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spokeswoman

Language; Linguistics

A woman who makes statements on behalf of another individual or a group.

socialinguistics

Language; Linguistics

Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of ...

feasibility study

Language; Linguistics

Feasibility study can be defined as the way somebody studies using his or her own ability. It is really useful to improve the knowledge or research.

situated ontology

Language; Linguistics

Situated ontologies – i.e. ontologies that are developed for solving particular problems in knowledge based applications.

glossolalia

Religion; Christianity

1. Speaking in a foreign tongue that sounds to non-natives like babble, e.g. "balbuciendo" (Spanish for "babbling"); 2. Babbling; 3. Speaking in a spiritual or higher language.

pre-final ending

Language; Linguistics

In Korean, a suffix that attaches to a verb stem but that must be followed by an additional suffix known as a final-ending. Pre-final endings indicate tense, modality, and honorification.

adjectivization

Language; Linguistics

The morphological process by which a word other than an adjective (i.e. verb, adverb, noun) is turned into an adjective. Adding the suffix '-ful' or '-less' to certain nouns is an ...