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

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