C2-Wortliste - Linguistics

the fact of having an excessive number of words that results in being tedious

Prolixität

the study of the rules and different methods of using language in a way that is effective

Rhetorik

a word or phrase applied to something to convey its character or essence in a descriptive sense

Epithet, beschreibendes Wort

the interconnectedness and referencing of texts, where one text refers to or influences another, creating layers of meaning and a complex web of relationships between texts

Intertextualität

the overlapping and blending of language elements, such as sounds or grammatical structures, within speech or writing

Imbrikation, Überlappung

(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence

Apposition, Appositiv

a new word that is formed by the combination of two other words blending their meaning and sounds

Portmanteau-Wort, Zusammengesetztes Wort

(linguistics) the way in which words and phrases are arranged to form grammatical sentences in a language

Syntax, Satzstruktur

(linguistics) the smallest meaningful unit of a language that does not necessarily stand alone and cannot be divided

Morphem

(linguistics) a branch of linguistics that deals with meaning, reference, or truth

Semantik

the complete set of meaningful units in a language or a branch of knowledge, or words or phrases that a speaker uses

Lexikon, Wortschatz

(grammar) a word or phrase that refers to a preceding word or phrase

Anapher

the phenomenon in language where a single word has multiple related meanings or senses

Polysemie, Vieldeutigkeit

a variant pronunciation of a phoneme, which can occur due to phonetic differences in specific contexts or environments within a language

Allophon, Phonemvariante

(linguistics) a basic linguistic unit that is meaningful and underlies a set of words which are related through inflection

Lexem, lexikalische Einheit

the smallest unit of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning, often represented by a specific symbol in phonetic notation

Phonem

a word that is more general and encompasses a broader category of related terms

Hyperonym, Oberbegriff

the process of inventing a word

Neologismus

the phenomenon in which an irregular form of a word, often a verb or adjective, is used instead of a regular form to express a different grammatical feature

Suppletion, Suppletion (in der Morphologie)

(linguistics) a variety of language that is used in a particular social context, based on the communicative purpose and social status of the user

Register, Sprachregister

a phonological process in which sounds or syllables in a word are rearranged or switched positions, resulting in a change in the order of phonemes or syllables within the word

Metathese

a phonological process in which a sound or phoneme is inserted into a word, typically to break up a consonant cluster or improve phonotactic constraints

Epenthese, Einfügung

the process of duplicating all or part of a word or morpheme to create a new form, often with a change in meaning or grammatical function

Reduplikation, Wiederholung

the process of shortening a word by dropping one or more syllables

Kürzung, Abkürzung

a word-formation process in which a word or name is modified to create a shorter, affectionate, or informal version, often used to express familiarity, endearment, or intimacy

Hypokorismus

the redundant repetition of an idea using different words in a sentence or phrase

Tautologie

a phonological process in which vowels within a word or across adjacent words become more similar or assimilate to each other in terms of certain phonetic features

Vokalphonologie, Vokalharmonie

a word that represents a subset of a broader category

Hyponym

related to the study of a phenomena at a specific point in time, particularly in linguistics and social sciences, without considering historical changes

synchron

related to the study or analysis of phenomena or changes over time, particularly within linguistics or historical contexts

diachronisch, historisch