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Literary terms
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Abbreviation
Literature; Literary terms
shortened form of a word An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from ...
Initialism
Literature; Literary terms
ɪ'nɪʃəlɪz(ə)m an abbreviation [http://www.termwiki.com/EN/Abbreviation_₁] consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g. BBC) An initialism often looks like an acronym because it is ...
Blend word
Language; Linguistics
In linguistics, a blend word or a blend is a word formed from parts of two or more other words. These parts are sometimes, but not always, morphemes.
blanket term
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A generic term or a generalized term (Engl. blanket term [http://www.termwiki.com/EN/blanket_term], [http://www.termwiki.com/EN/Umbrella_term], the term umbrella) is a term covering a specific group ...
Lexicography
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Leksikográfiâ (Al-Greek λεξικόν, lexikon-"dictionary" and γράφω, grapho (Gr.), "write") is the branch of Linguistics concerned with the compilation of dictionaries and study them; the science that ...
Practical lexicography
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Practical lexicography is socially important functions, providing language training description and the normalization of language, cross-language communication, scientific study of language. ...
Academic dictionary type
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Academic dictionary type is dictionary-reference book. Academic dictionary type is a standard that describes the lexical system in that language: it must not be the facts, contrary to modern usage. ...
