Linguistics
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| transliteration | spelling a word in another language
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| hybrid word | words parts from multiple languages
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| diphthong | letter sounds combined into a single sound
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| loanword | at least partially naturalized word taken from another language
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| onomatopoeia | naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation of sound associated with it
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| exact reduplication | exact repetition (the popo)
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| rhyming reduplication | repetition of sounds to rhyme (roly poly)
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| homophone | same pronunciation, different spelling
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| homograph | same spelling, different pronunciation/definition
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| Greek word analysis perils | improper segmentation, bases that look alike, homophonous bases, Latin/Greek confusion
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| idiom | phrase, word or structure specific to certain geographic area/culture
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| rigid idiom | when an idiom can be both a normal, literal phrase and a saying
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| flexible idiom | when an idiom doesn't make sense in a literal context
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| Webster controversy | 1961, slang words in dictionary
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| weakening | vowel of base is changed when prefix is added
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| assimilation | sound shifts for ease of speech
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| metaphorical mapping | linking the concrete with the abstract
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| metonymy | describing the whole with a part
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| simple antonym | dead-alive
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| gradable antonym | hot-cold; lukewarm, chilly, etc.
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| clipping | shortening word; math(ematics)
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| ambiguity | multiple meanings
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| vagueness | relies on context for meaning
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| back-formation | making up conjugations of a word
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