StutteringStuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder characterized externally by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well…View analysis →
EtymologyEtymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ ET-ih-MOL-ə-jee) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st…View analysis →
CliticIn linguistics, a clitic (/ˈklɪtɪk/ KLIT-ik, backformed from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós) 'leaning, enclitic') is a morpheme that has syntactic characteristics of a…View analysis →
InfinitiveInfinitive (abbreviated inf) is a term in linguistics for certain verb forms existing in many languages, most often used as non-finite verbs that do not show a tense. As with…View analysis →
SheikhSheikh (/ʃeɪk, ʃiːk/ SHAYK, SHEEK, Arabic: شَيْخ, romanized: shaykh , commonly , plural: شُيُوخ, shuyūkh ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning…View analysis →
Min ChineseMin is a diverse group of Sinitic languages with about 75 million native speakers. These languages are spoken in China in a region centered on modern Fujian Province, stretching…View analysis →
GeminationIn phonetics and phonology, gemination (/ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ ⓘ; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a…View analysis →
Genitive caseIn grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an…View analysis →
SinologySinology, also referred to as China studies or Chinese studies, is the academic discipline of studying China, including Chinese culture, Chinese history, and the Chinese…View analysis →
Mass communicationMass communication is the process of communicating and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology…View analysis →
TyariTyari (Syriac: ܛܝܵܪܹܐ, romanized: Ṭyārē) is an Assyrian tribe and a historical district within Hakkari, Turkey. The area was traditionally divided into Upper Tyari (Tyari Letha)…View analysis →
TheodiscusIn Medieval Latin Theodiscus and Teutonicus were adjectives used to distinguish Germanic dialects and their speakers, which in practice mainly meant Continental West Germanic…View analysis →
PronounIn linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (glossed pro) is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.View analysis →
RebracketingRebracketing (also known as resegmentation or metanalysis) is a process in historical linguistics where a word originally derived from one set of morphemes is broken down or…View analysis →
BudaiBudai is a nickname given to the historical Chinese monk Qieci (Chinese: 契此; pinyin: qiècǐ) in the Later Liang Dynasty, who is often identified with and venerated as the future…View analysis →
Alfred (name)Alfred is a masculine given name of English origin, a modern descendant of the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfrǣd (Old English pronunciation: ), formed from the Germanic words ælf, meaning…View analysis →
CC CliqueThe CC Clique (Chinese: CC派), or Central Club Clique (Chinese: 中央俱樂部組織), officially Ko-hsin Club (Chinese: 革新俱樂部), was one of the political factions within the Kuomintang…View analysis →
H-droppingH-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or "H-sound", . The phenomenon is common in many dialects of English, and is also found in certain…View analysis →
LogogramIn a written language, a logogram (from Ancient Greek logos 'word', and gramma 'that which is drawn or written'), also logograph or lexigraph, is a written character that…View analysis →
ApproximantApproximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough, nor with enough articulatory precision, to create turbulent airflow…View analysis →
Henry AllinghamHenry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War…View analysis →
FührerFührer (/ˈfjʊər.ər/, FURE-ər; ⓘ, spelled Fuehrer when the umlaut is unavailable) is a German word meaning 'leader' or 'guide'. As a political title, it is strongly associated…View analysis →
DeclensionIn linguistics, declension (verb: to decline) is the changing of the form of a word, generally to express its syntactic function in the sentence by way of an inflection…View analysis →
Cardiff EnglishCardiff English is a variety of Welsh English, as spoken in and around the city of Cardiff, and is somewhat distinctive in Wales, compared with other Welsh dialects. The pitch of…View analysis →
Classical ChineseClassical Chinese is the style of Chinese language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from c. the 5th century BCE. For millennia thereafter, the syntax of…View analysis →
AlliterationAlliteration is the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels if the syllables in question do not start with a…View analysis →
SpeechSpeech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a…View analysis →
SpoonerismA spoonerism is an occurrence of speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis) between two words of a phrase. These are named after…View analysis →
GerundIn linguistics, a gerund (/ˈdʒɛrənd, -ʌnd/ abbreviated ger) is any of various nonfinite verb forms in various languages; most often, but not exclusively, it is one that functions…View analysis →
TheThe is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers…View analysis →
SilenceSilence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to…View analysis →
Brummie dialectThe Brummie dialect, or more formally the Birmingham dialect, is spoken by many people in Birmingham, England, and some of its surrounding area. "Brummie" is also a demonym for…View analysis →
ElisionIn linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are…View analysis →
Yin and yangOriginating in ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (traditional Chinese: 陰陽; simplified Chinese: 阴阳; pinyin: yīn yáng, English: /jɪn/, /jæŋ/) or yin-yang is the concept that…View analysis →
SibilantSibilants (from Latin: sibilans 'hissing') are fricative and affricate consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, produced with a high velocity jet of air going on to strike the…View analysis →
Fusional languageFusional languages or inflected languages are a type of synthetic language, distinguished from agglutinative languages by their tendency to use single inflectional morphemes to…View analysis →
