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singular

A grammatical form referring to one person, thing, or group.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 280

tense

A grammatical form or category of a verb that expresses the time of an action or state, such as past, present, or future.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 280

adverb

A word or phrase that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or an entire clause, typically expressing manner, place, time, frequency, degree, or...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 329

dialect

A form of a language characteristic of a particular region, social group, or community, differing in vocabulary, grammar, or pronunciation from other ...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 329

noun

A word that names a person, place, thing, idea, quality, or activity and can typically function as the subject or object of a sentence.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 329

verb

A word that expresses an action, occurrence, state, or relation and typically functions as the predicate of a sentence.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 329

affix

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning, middle, or end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

clitic

A grammatical word that is unstressed or weakly stressed and phonologically dependent on a neighboring word, while retaining some independent grammati...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

cognate

A word that has the same linguistic origin as another word, usually in a related language.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

copula

A linking verb, especially a form of “be,” that connects a subject with a subject complement.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

dative

A grammatical case that typically marks the indirect object or the recipient, beneficiary, or goal of an action.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

determiner

A word or grammatical element that comes before a noun phrase and identifies, limits, or quantifies the noun, such as “the,” “a,” “this,” “my,” or “so...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

diphthong

A speech sound in which the tongue or other speech organs move from one vowel position to another within a single syllable.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

homonym

A word that has the same spelling or pronunciation as another word but a different meaning, such as “bank” meaning a financial institution and “bank” ...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

infix

A letter, sound, or word element inserted inside a word to modify its meaning or grammatical form.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

isogloss

a boundary on a map marking where a linguistic feature changes

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

koine

a common dialect arising from the mixing of related varieties

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

lexeme

An abstract vocabulary unit that includes all the grammatical forms and inflected variants associated with it, such as “run,” “runs,” “ran,” and “runn...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

lexicon

The vocabulary of a language, dialect, subject, or person; a collection of words and their meanings.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

modifier

A word, phrase, or grammatical element that limits, qualifies, or describes the meaning of another word or expression.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

morpheme

The smallest linguistic unit that carries meaning or serves a grammatical function, such as a word, word stem, prefix, or suffix.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

plosive

A speech sound produced by completely blocking the airflow in the vocal tract and then releasing the blockage, such as /p/, /t/, or /k/.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

prefix

A letter, group of letters, or syllable added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

reduplication

The act or process of repeating a word, part of a word, or other linguistic element, often to express grammatical meaning or emphasis.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

sibilant

A speech sound produced with a hissing or hushing noise, such as /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, or /ʒ/.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

sonorant

A speech sound produced with the vocal tract relatively open, allowing continuous airflow and typically functioning as the nucleus of a syllable; vowe...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

suffix

A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to form a new word or change its grammatical function.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

valency

The number and type of grammatical relationships that a word, especially a verb, can form with other words in a sentence.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

vocative

A grammatical case or form used for directly addressing someone or something.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1110

first person

The grammatical person that refers to the speaker or writer, as expressed by pronouns such as “I,” “me,” and “we.”

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1120

third person

The grammatical person used when referring to someone or something other than the speaker or the person being addressed.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1120

ablative

A grammatical case expressing separation, source, means, or related functions, especially in Latin and some other languages.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

accusative

The grammatical case that typically marks the direct object of a verb.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

article

A word used with a noun to indicate whether it refers to something specific or general; in English, the articles are “the,” “a,” and “an.”

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

comparative degree

The grammatical form of an adjective or adverb that expresses a greater or lesser degree, typically used to compare things.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

conjugation

The systematic variation of a verb’s form to express grammatical features such as tense, person, number, mood, or voice.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

conjugation

A conjugation is a group of verbs that share a pattern of inflection.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

conjunction

A word or group of words that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

construction

A word, phrase, or sentence pattern formed according to the rules of a language.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

declension

The inflection of a noun, pronoun, adjective, or other word, or the complete set of its forms according to case, number, and sometimes gender.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

dialect

A variety of language characterized by specialized vocabulary and usage associated with a particular profession, activity, or group.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

genitive

A grammatical case that expresses possession, relationship, origin, or close association, often corresponding to “of” in English.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

grammatical aspect

A grammatical category that describes how an action or state unfolds in time, such as whether it is completed, ongoing, or repeated.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

grammatical gender

A grammatical category that classifies nouns, pronouns, or other words into classes such as masculine, feminine, and neuter and may affect their forms...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

grammatical particle

A grammatical particle is a word or element that serves a grammatical function but does not fit readily into traditional categories such as noun, verb...

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

inflection

A change in a word’s form that expresses grammatical information such as tense, number, case, or gender.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

inflectional paradigm

An inflectional paradigm is the complete set of inflected forms of a word, such as forms marked for case, number, tense, or person.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

locative case

A grammatical case or form that indicates the location where something is or occurs.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

mood

A grammatical category of a verb that indicates how an action or state is presented, such as as factual, possible, commanded, or wished for.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399

object

In grammar, a noun, pronoun, or phrase that receives the action of a verb or is governed by a preposition.

Noun linguistic_concept Level 1399