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Must-know words for polyglots.
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Mainly about linguistic terms. Also other important things.
[Lesson in progress]


In progress. Far from being completed.
Polyglots are really passionate about language learning and linguistics, therefore it's important for them to learn all kinds of terms.
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On this page, you will find the most important ones.
!English
 
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If you need a full GLOSSARY OF LINGUISTIC TERMS, see [https://glossary.sil.org/term SIL] and [[wikt:Appendix:Glossary|Wiktionary]]
!
 
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== Branches of Linguistics ==
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Linguistics|linguistics]]
* [[wikipedia:Linguistics|linguistics]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Theoretical_linguistics|theoretical linguistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Phonetics|phonetics]]
*** [[wikipedia:Phonology|phonology]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Morphology_(linguistics)|morphology]]
|[[wikipedia:Phonology|phonology]]
*** [[wikipedia:Syntax|syntax]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Semantics|semantics]]
|[[wikipedia:Morphology_(linguistics)|morphology]]
*** [[wikipedia:Pragmatics|pragmatics]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Linguistic_description|descriptive linguistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Syntax|syntax]]
*** [[wikipedia:Anthropological_linguistics|anthropological linguistics]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Historical_linguistics|historical linguistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Semantics|sematics]]
*** [[wikipedia:Phonetics|phonetics]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Etymology|etymology]]
|[[wikipedia:Pragmatics|pragmatics]]
*** [[wikipedia:Sociolinguistics|sociolinguistics]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Applied_linguistics|applied linguistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Stylistics|stylistics]]
*** [[wikipedia:Computational_linguistics|computational linguistics]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Neurolinguistics|neurolinguistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Semiotics|semiotics]]
*** [[wikipedia:Psycholinguistics|psycholinguistics]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Rhetoric|rhetoric]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Orthography|orthography]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Lexicology|lexicology]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Lexicography|lexicography]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Stylistics|stylistics]]
|[[wikipedia:Phone_(phonetics)|phone]]
* [[wikipedia:Semiotics|semiotics]]
|
 
|
== Lexicology ==
|
 
|-
* [[wikipedia:Variety_(linguistics)|varity]]
|[[wikipedia:Phoneme|phoneme]]
* [[wikipedia:Dialect|dialect]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Idiolect|ideolect]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Standard_language|standard language]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Lexeme|lexeme]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Clitic|clitic]]
|[[wikipedia:Syllable|syllable]]
* [[wikipedia:Word|word]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Lemma_(morphology)|lemma]]
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* [[wikipedia:Transliteration|transliteration]]
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* [[wikipedia:Transcription|transcription]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Idiom|idiom]]
|[[wikipedia:Consonant|consonant]]
* [[wikipedia:Proverb|proverb]]
|
 
|
== Historical Linguistics ==
|
 
|-
* [[wikipedia:Cognate|cognate]]
|[[wikipedia:Vowel|vowel]]
 
|
== Interlinguistics ==
|
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Pidgin|pidgin]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Creole_language|creole]]
|[[wikipedia:Letter_(alphabet)|letter]]
 
|
== Orthography ==
|
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Eye_dialect|eye dialect]]
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Letter_case|letter case]]
== Sociolinguistics ==
|
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Register_(sociolinguistics)|register]]
|
 
|-
== Phonetics & Phonology ==
|[[wikipedia:Diacritic|diacritic]]
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Phone_(phonetics)|phone]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Consonant|consonant]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Pulmonic_consonant|pulmonic consonant]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Ejective_consonant|ejective consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Alphabet|alphabet]]
** [[wikipedia:Click_consonant|click consonant]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Implosive_consonant|implosive consonant]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Place_of_articulation|place of articulation]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Labial_consonant|labial consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Bilabial_consonant|bilabial consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:International_Phonetic_Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet]]
*** [[wikipedia:Labiodental_consonant|labiodental consonant]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Coronal_consonant|coronal consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Linguolabial_consonant|linguolabial consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Interdental_consonant|interdental consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Denti-alveolar_consonant|denti-alveolar consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Root_(linguistics)|root]]
*** [[wikipedia:Dental_consonant|dental consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Apical_consonant|apical consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Alveolar_consonant|alveolar consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Postalveolar_consonant|postalveolar consonant]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Palato-alveolar_consonant|palato-alveolar consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Morpheme|morpheme]]
**** [[wikipedia:Retroflex_consonant|retroflex consonant]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Dorsal_consonant|dorsal consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Postalveolar_consonant|postalveolar consonant]]
|
**** [[wikipedia:Alveolo-palatal_consonant|alveolo-palatal consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Palatal_consonant|palatal consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Cognate|cognate]]
*** [[wikipedia:Velar_consonant|velar consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Uvular_consonant|uvular consonant]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Laryngeal_consonant|laryngeal consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Pharyngeal_consonant|pharyngeal consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Glottal_consonant|glottal consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:False_friend|false friend]]
* [[wikipedia:Manner_of_articulation|manner of articulation]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Obstruent|obstruent]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Stop|consonant stop consonant]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Affricate_consonant|affricate consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Fricative_consonant|fricative consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Affix|affix]]
**** [[wikipedia:Sibilant|sibilant]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Sonorant|sonorant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Nasal_consonant|nasal consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Prefix|prefix]]
*** [[wikipedia:Approximant_consonant|approximant consonant]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Semivowel|semivowel]]
|[[wikipedia:Suffix|suffix]]
*** [[wikipedia:Vibrant_consonant|vibrant consonant]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Flap_consonant|flap/tap consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Infix|infix]]
**** [[wikipedia:Trill_consonant|trill consonant]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Liquid_consonant|liquid consonant]]
|[[wikipedia:Circumfix|circumfix]]
**** [[wikipedia:Rhotic_consonant|rhotic consonant]]
|}
**** [[wikipedia:Lateral_consonant|lateral consonant]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Occlusive|occlusive]]
|
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Continuant|continuant]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Vowel|vowel]]
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_number|number]]
** [[wikipedia:Close_vowel|close vowel]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Near-close_vowel|near-close vowel]]
|singular
** [[wikipedia:Close-mid_vowel|close-mid vowel]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Mid_vowel|mid vowel]]
|[[wikipedia:Plural|plural]]
** [[wikipedia:Open-mid_vowel|open-mid vowel]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Near-open_vowel|near-open vowel]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Open_vowel|open vowel]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Front_vowel|front vowel]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Central_vowel|central vowel]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Back_vowel|back vowel]]
|[[wikipedia:Parse_tree|parse tree]]
** [[wikipedia:Roundedness|unrounded vowel & rounded vowel]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Nasal_vowel|nasal vowel]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Nasalization|nasalisation]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Phoneme|phoneme]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Syllable|syllable]]
|[[wikipedia:Copula_(linguistics)|copula]]
* [[wikipedia:Sound_change|sound change]]
|
* [[wikipedia:International_Phonetic_Alphabet|International Phonetic Alphabet]]
|
 
|
== Typography ==
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Function_word|function word]]
* [[wikipedia:Letter_(alphabet)|letter]]
{| class="wikitable"
* [[wikipedia:Letter_case|letter case]]
|article
* [[wikipedia:Diacritic|diacritic]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Glyph|glyph]]
|pronoun
* [[wikipedia:Grapheme|grapheme]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Writing_system|writing system]]
|adposition
** [[wikipedia:Alphabet|alphabet]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Abjad|abjad]]
|conjunction
** [[wikipedia:Abugida|abugida]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Syllabary|syllabary]]
|auxillary verb
** [[wikipedia:Semi-syllabary|semi-syllabary]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Logogram|logogram]]
|interjection
** [[wikipedia:Ideogram|ideogram]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Pictogram|pictogram]]
|particle
**** [[wikipedia:Emoji|emoji]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Emoticon|emoticon]]
|expletive
*[[wikipedia:Punctuation|punctuation]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Comma|comma]]
|pro-sentence
** [[wikipedia:Full_stop|period]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Exclamation_mark|exclamation mark]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Question_mark|question mark]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Colon_(punctuation)|colon]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Semicolon|semicolon]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Quotation_mark|quotation mark]]
|[[wikipedia:Part_of_speech|part of speech]]
*** [[wikipedia:Guillemet|guillemet]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Apostrophe|apostrophe]]
|[[wikipedia:Adverb|adverb]]
** [[wikipedia:Hyphen|hyphen]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Dash|dash]]
|[[wikipedia:Conjunction_(grammar)|conjunction]]
** [[wikipedia:Ellipsis|ellipsis]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Slash_(punctuation)|slash]]
|[[wikipedia:Interjection|interjection]]
** [[wikipedia:Bracket|brackets]]
|-
*** round brackets
|[[wikipedia:Contraction_(grammar)|contraction]]
*** curly brackets
|-
*** square brackets
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_particle|particle]]
*** angle brackets
|-
** [[wikipedia:Interpunct|interpunct]]
|[[wikipedia:Classifier_(linguistics)|classifier]]
** [[wikipedia:Space_(punctuation)|space]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Emphasis_(typography)|emphasis]]
|[[wikipedia:Clitic|clitic]]
** [[wikipedia:Italic_type|italic]]
|-
** bold
|[[wikipedia:Numeral_(linguistics)|numeral]]
** [[wikipedia:Underline|underline]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Typeface|typeface]]
|[[wikipedia:Adjective|adjective]]
** [[wikipedia:Roman_type|roman type]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Sans-serif|sans-serif]]
|attributive adjective
*** [[wikipedia:Serif|serif]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Font|font]]
|predicative adjective
*** [[wikipedia:Computer_font|computer font]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Character_encoding|character encoding]]
|[[wikipedia:Nominalized_adjective|nominal adjectives]]
** [[wikipedia:ASCII|ASCII]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Unicode|Unicode]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Mojibake|mojibake]]
|[[wikipedia:Determiner|determiner]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
== Semantics ==
|[[wikipedia:Article_(grammar)|article]]
 
{| class="wikitable"
* [[wikipedia:Seme_(semantics)|seme]]
|definite article
* [[wikipedia:Sememe|sememe]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Function_word|function word]]
|indifinite article
* [[wikipedia:Content_word|content word]]
|-
* [[wikipedia:Grammatical_category|grammatical category]]
|zero article
** [[wikipedia:Grammatical_person|person]]
|}
*** first person
|-
*** second person
|[[wikipedia:Demonstrative|demonstrative determiner]]
*** third person
|-
** [[wikipedia:Subject_(grammar)|subject]]
|[[wikipedia:Possessive_determiner|possessive determiner]]
** [[wikipedia:Object_(grammar)|object]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Argument_(linguistics)|argument]]
|[[wikipedia:Quantifier_(linguistics)|quantifier]]
** [[wikipedia:Adjunct_(grammar)|adjunct]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Complement_(linguistics)|complement]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Valency_(linguistics)|valency]]
|[[wikipedia:Preposition_and_postposition|adposition]]
** [[wikipedia:Honorifics_(linguistics)|honorifics]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Grammatical_gender|gender]]
|preposition
*** masculine
|-
*** feminine
|postposition
*** neuter
|-
*** animate
|circumposition
*** inanimate
|}
** [[wikipedia:Grammatical_case|case]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Nominative_case|nominative case]]
|[[wikipedia:Noun|noun]]
*** [[wikipedia:Accusative_case|accusative case]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Dative_case|dative case]]
|[[wikipedia:Count_noun|countable noun]]
*** [[wikipedia:Ablative_case|ablative case]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Genitive_case|genitive case]]
|[[wikipedia:Mass_noun|uncountable noun]]
***[[wikipedia:Vocative_case|vocative case]]
|}
***[[wikipedia:Locative_case|locative case]]
{| class="wikitable"
***[[wikipedia:Instrumental_case|instrumental case]]
|common noun
***[[wikipedia:Oblique_case|oblique case]]
|-
**[[wikipedia:Grammatical_tense|tense]]
|[[wikipedia:Proper_noun|proper noun]]
***[[wikipedia:Past_tense|past tense]]
|}
***[[wikipedia:Present_tense|present tense]]
|-
***[[wikipedia:Future_tense|future tense]]
|[[wikipedia:Pronoun|pronoun]]
**[[wikipedia:Grammatical_aspect|aspect]]
{| class="wikitable"
***simple aspect
|-
***[[wikipedia:Continuous_and_progressive_aspects|progressive aspect & continous aspect]]
|[[wikipedia:Personal_pronoun|personal pronoun]]
***[[wikipedia:Perfect_(grammar)|perfect aspect]]
|}
***[[wikipedia:Prospective_aspect|prospective aspect]]
{| class="wikitable"
**[[wikipedia:Grammatical_mood|mood]]
|[[wikipedia:Reflexive_pronoun|reflexive pronoun]]
***[[wikipedia:Realis_mood|realis mood]]
|-
****indicative mood
|[[wikipedia:Reciprocal_pronoun|reciprocal pronoun]]
****energenic mood
|}
***[[wikipedia:Irrealis_mood|irrealis mood]]
{| class="wikitable"
****[[wikipedia:Subjunctive_mood|subjunctive mood]]
|[[wikipedia:Relative_pronoun|relative pronoun]]
****[[wikipedia:Conditional_mood|conditional mood]]
|}
****[[wikipedia:Optative_mood|optative mood]]
|-
****[[wikipedia:Imperative_mood|imperative mood]]
|[[wikipedia:Verb|verb]]
****[[wikipedia:Interrogative|interrogative mood]]
{| class="wikitable"
****[[wikipedia:Jussive_mood|jussive mood]]
|-
****potential mood
|[[wikipedia:Transitive_verb|transitive verb]]
****[[wikipedia:Desiderative_mood|desiderative mood]]
|-
**[[wikipedia:Voice_(grammar)|voice]]
|[[wikipedia:Intransitive_verb|intransitive verb]]
***[[wikipedia:Active_voice|active voice]]
|}
***[[wikipedia:Passive_voice|passive voice]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[wikipedia:Attributive|attributive]]
|[[wikipedia:Modal_verb|modal verb]]
*[[wikipedia:Adverbial|adverbial]]
|}
*[[wikipedia:Hyponymy_and_hypernymy|hyponym & hypernym]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[wikipedia:Meronymy|meronym]]
|[[wikipedia:Reflexive_verb|reflexive verb]]
*[[wikipedia:Holonymy|holonym]]
|}
*[[wikipedia:Synonym|synonym]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[wikipedia:Opposite_(semantics)|antonym]]
|[[wikipedia:Auxiliary_verb|auxillary verb]]
 
|}
== Morphology ==
{| class="wikitable"
 
|[[wikipedia:Participle|participle]]
* [[wikipedia:Morpheme|morpheme]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Bound_and_free_morphemes|bound morpheme & free morpheme]]
|}
* [[wikipedia:Word_formation|word formation]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Loanword|loanword]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Anglicism|anglicism]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Morphological_derivation|derivation]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Compound_(linguistics)|compound]]
|[[wikipedia:Phrase|phrase]]
** [[wikipedia:Blend_word|blend word]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Portmanteau|portmanteau]]
|[[wikipedia:Adverbial_phrase|adverbial phrase]]
** [[wikipedia:Acronym|acronym]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Calque|calque]]
|[[wikipedia:Adjective_phrase|adjective phrase]]
** [[wikipedia:Neologism|neologism]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Back-formation|backward-formation]]
|[[wikipedia:Noun_phrase|noun phrase]]
* [[wikipedia:Root_(linguistics)|root]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Word_stem|stem]]
|[[wikipedia:Adpositional_phrase|adposition phrase]]
** [[wikipedia:Affix|affix]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Prefix|prefix]]
|[[wikipedia:Verb_phrase|verb phrase]]
*** [[wikipedia:Suffix|suffix]]
|}
*** [[wikipedia:Infix|infix]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Circumfix|circumfix]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Interfix|interfix]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Reduplication|duplifix]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Transfix|transfix]]
|[[wikipedia:Clause|clause]]
*** [[wikipedia:Simulfix|simulfix]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Suprafix|suprafix]]
|argument clause
*** [[wikipedia:Disfix|disfix]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Inflection|inflection]]
|adjuctive clause
**[[wikipedia:Grammatical_conjugation|conjugation]]
|-
**[[wikipedia:Declension|declension]]
|predicative clause
*[[wikipedia:Comparison_(grammar)|comparison]]
|}
**positive
{| class="wikitable"
**[[wikipedia:Comparative|comparative]]
|[[wikipedia:Dependent_clause|dependent clause]]
**superlative
|-
*[[wikipedia:Affirmation_and_negation|polarity]]
|[[wikipedia:Independent_clause|independent clause]]
**affirmation
|}
**negation
|
*[[wikipedia:Grammatical_number|number]]
|
**singular
|
**[[wikipedia:Plural|plural]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Clusivity|clusivity]]
|[[wikipedia:Sentence_(linguistics)|sentence]]
*[[wikipedia:Animacy|animacy]]
{| class="wikitable"
*[[wikipedia:Telicity|telicity]]
|simple sentence
*[[wikipedia:Topic_and_comment|topic & comment]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Serial_verb_construction|serial verb construction]]
|compound sentence
 
|-
== Syntax ==
|complex sentence
 
|-
* [[wikipedia:Grammar|grammar]]
|compound-complex sentence
*[[wikipedia:Parse_tree|parse tree]]
|}
** constituency-based parse tree
{| class="wikitable"
** dependency-based parse tree
|declaritive sentence
* [[wikipedia:Part_of_speech|part of speech]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Conjunction_(grammar)|conjunction]]
|interrogative sentence
** [[wikipedia:Interjection|interjection]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Contraction_(grammar)|contraction]]
|exclamatory sentence
** [[wikipedia:Grammatical_particle|particle]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Classifier_(linguistics)|classifier]]
|imperative sentence
** [[wikipedia:Numeral_(linguistics)|numeral]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Cardinal_number_(linguistics)|cardinal number]]
|instructive sentence
*** [[wikipedia:Ordinal_number_(linguistics)|ordinal number]]
|}
*** [[wikipedia:Multiplier_(linguistics)|multiplier]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Distributive_number|distributive number]]
|major sentence
*** [[wikipedia:Nominal_number|nominal number]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Adjective|adjective]]
|minor sentence
*** attributive adjective
|}
*** predicative adjective
|
*** [[wikipedia:Nominalized_adjective|nominalized adjective]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Adverb|adverb]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Determiner|determiner]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Article_(grammar)|article]]
|[[wikipedia:Punctuation|punctuation]]
**** definite article
|
**** indifinite article
|
**** zero article
|
*** [[wikipedia:Demonstrative|demonstrative determiner]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Possessive_determiner|possessive determiner]]
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_gender|gender]]
*** [[wikipedia:Quantifier_(linguistics)|quantifier]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Preposition_and_postposition|adposition]]
|-
*** preposition
|masculine
*** postposition
|-
*** circumposition
|feminine
** [[wikipedia:Noun|noun]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Count_noun|countable noun]]
|neuter
*** [[wikipedia:Mass_noun|uncountable noun]]
|}
*** collective noun
{| class="wikitable"
*** abstract noun
|animate
*** concrete noun
|-
*** common noun
|inanimate
*** [[wikipedia:Proper_noun|proper noun]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Pronoun|pronoun]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Personal_pronoun|personal pronoun]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Reflexive_pronoun|reflexive pronoun]]
|
*** [[wikipedia:Reciprocal_pronoun|reciprocal pronoun]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Relative_pronoun|relative pronoun]]
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_case|case]]
** [[wikipedia:Verb|verb]]
{| class="wikitable"
*** [[wikipedia:Impersonal_verb|impersonal verb]]
|[[wikipedia:Nominative_case|nominative case]]
*** [[wikipedia:Intransitive_verb|intransitive verb]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Transitive_verb|transitive verb]]
|[[wikipedia:Accusative_case|accusative case]]
*** [[wikipedia:Ditransitive_verb|ditransitive verb]]
|-
*** tritransitive verb
|[[wikipedia:Dative_case|dative case]]
*** [[wikipedia:Modal_verb|modal verb]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Reflexive_verb|reflexive verb]]
|[[wikipedia:Ablative_case|ablative case]]
*** [[wikipedia:Auxiliary_verb|auxiliary verb]]
|-
*** [[wikipedia:Finite_verb|finite verb]]
|[[wikipedia:Genitive_case|genitive case]]
*** [[wikipedia:Nonfinite_verb|nonfinite verb]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Infinitive|infinitive]]
|[[wikipedia:Vocative_case|vocative case]]
**** [[wikipedia:Participle|participle]]
|-
**** [[wikipedia:Gerund|gerund]]
|[[wikipedia:Locative_case|locative case]]
*[[wikipedia:Phrase|phrase]]
|-
**[[wikipedia:Adverbial_phrase|adverbial phrase]]
|[[wikipedia:Instrumental_case|instrumental case]]
**[[wikipedia:Adjective_phrase|adjective phrase]]
|-
**[[wikipedia:Noun_phrase|noun phrase]]
|[[wikipedia:Oblique_case|oblique case]]
**[[wikipedia:Adpositional_phrase|adpositional phrase]]
|}
**[[wikipedia:Verb_phrase|verb phrase]]
|
*[[wikipedia:Clause|clause]]
|
**argument clause
|
**adjuctive clause
|-
**predicative clause
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_tense|tense]]
**[[wikipedia:Dependent|clause dependent clause]]
{| class="wikitable"
**[[wikipedia:Independent|clause independent clause]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Sentence_(linguistics)|sentence]]
|[[wikipedia:Past_tense|past tense]]
**simple sentence
|-
**compound sentence
|[[wikipedia:Present_tense|present tense]]
**complex sentence
|-
**compound–complex sentence
|[[wikipedia:Future_tense|future tense]]
**declaritive sentence
|}
**interrogative sentence
|
**exclamatory sentence
|
**imperative sentence
|
**instructive sentence
|-
**major sentence
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_aspect|aspect]]
**minor sentence
{| class="wikitable"
*[[wikipedia:Copula_(linguistics)|copula]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Predicate_(grammar)|predicate]]
|simple aspect
*[[wikipedia:Attributive|attributive]]
|-
*[[wikipedia:Complement_(linguistics)|complement]]
|[[wikipedia:Continuous_and_progressive_aspects|progressive aspect & continous aspect]]
*[[wikipedia:Collocation|collocation]]
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Perfect_(grammar)|perfect aspect]]
== Rhetoric ==
|}
 
|
* [[wikipedia:Figure_of_speech|figure of speech]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Allusion|allusion]]
|
** [[wikipedia:Analogy|analogy]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphism]]
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_mood|mood]]
** [[wikipedia:Cliché|cliché]]
{| class="wikitable"
** [[wikipedia:Euphemism|euphemism]]
|[[wikipedia:Realis_mood|indicative mood]]
** [[wikipedia:Irony|irony]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Metaphor|metaphor]]
|[[wikipedia:Interrogative|interrogative mood]]
** [[wikipedia:Personification|personification]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Parallelism_(rhetoric)|parallelism]]
|[[wikipedia:Imperative_mood|imperative mood]]
** [[wikipedia:Parody|parody]]
|-
** [[wikipedia:Satire|satire]]
|[[wikipedia:Subjunctive_mood|subjunctive mood]]
** [[wikipedia:Simile|simile]]
|}
** [[wikipedia:Synecdoche|synecdoche]]
|
* [[wikipedia:Apposition|apposition]]
|
 
|
== Linguistic typology ==
|-
 
|[[wikipedia:Voice_(grammar)|voice]]
* [[wikipedia:Word_order|word order]]
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* [[wikipedia:Analytic_language|analystic language]]
|[[wikipedia:Active_voice|active voice]]
** [[wikipedia:Isolating_language|isolating language]]
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* [[wikipedia:Synthetic_language|synthetic language]]
|[[wikipedia:Passive_voice|passive voice]]
** [[wikipedia:Fusional_language|fusional language]]
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** [[wikipedia:Agglutinative_language|agglutinative language]]
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** [[wikipedia:Polysynthetic_language|polysynthetic language]]
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|[[wikipedia:Inflection|inflection]]
*[[wikipedia:Language_family|language family]]
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*[[wikipedia:Dialect_continuum|dialect continuum]]
|[[wikipedia:Grammatical_conjugation|conjugation]]
*[[wikipedia:Language_isolate|language isolate]]
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*[[wikipedia:Proto-language|proto-language]]
|[[wikipedia:Declension|declension]]
*[[wikipedia:Constructed_language|constructed language]]
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*[[wikipedia:Kurgan_hypothesis|Kurgan hypothesis]]
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* [[wikipedia:Linguistic_relativity|linguistic relativity]]
|[[wikipedia:Word_order|word order]]
 
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== Lexicostatistics ==
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* [[wikipedia:Swadesh_list|Swadesh list]]
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|[[wikipedia:Subject_(grammar)|subject]]
==-- AUTHOR --==
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[https://polyglotclub.com/member/GrimPixel GrimPixel]
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|[[wikipedia:Complement_(linguistics)|complement]]
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|[[wikipedia:Affirmation_and_negation|polarity]]
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|[[wikipedia:Yes–no_question|yes-no question]]
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|[[wikipedia:Comparison_(grammar)|comparison]]
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|[[wikipedia:Rhetoric|rhetoric]]
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|[[wikipedia:Figure_of_speech|figure of speech]]
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|[[wikipedia:Metaphor|metaphor]]
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|[[wikipedia:Simile|simile]]
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|[[wikipedia:Hyperbole|hyperbole]]
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|[[wikipedia:Parallelism_(rhetoric)|parallelism]]
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|[[wikipedia:Antithesis|antithesis]]
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|[[wikipedia:Rhetorical_question|rhetorical question]]
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|[[wikipedia:Metonymy|metonymy]]
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|[[wikipedia:Irony|irony]]
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|[[wikipedia:Double_entendre|double entendre]]
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|[[wikipedia:Ambiguity|ambiguity]]
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Latest revision as of 21:42, 5 February 2025

Must-know words for polyglots.
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[Lesson in progress]

Polyglots are really passionate about language learning and linguistics, therefore it's important for them to learn all kinds of terms. On this page, you will find the most important ones.

If you need a full GLOSSARY OF LINGUISTIC TERMS, see SIL and Wiktionary

Branches of Linguistics[edit | edit source]

Lexicology[edit | edit source]

Historical Linguistics[edit | edit source]

Interlinguistics[edit | edit source]

Orthography[edit | edit source]

Sociolinguistics[edit | edit source]

Phonetics & Phonology[edit | edit source]

Typography[edit | edit source]

Semantics[edit | edit source]

Morphology[edit | edit source]

Syntax[edit | edit source]

Rhetoric[edit | edit source]

Linguistic typology[edit | edit source]

Historical Linguistics[edit | edit source]

Anthropological linguistics[edit | edit source]

Lexicostatistics[edit | edit source]

-- AUTHOR --[edit | edit source]

GrimPixel

Other Lessons[edit source]

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