CEFR C2 Vocabulary - Linguistics

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

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

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

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

a phonological process in which adjacent or alternating segments in a word share a common feature, resulting in the assimilation or co-occurrence of certain articulatory or acoustic characteristics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the phenomenon in language where a single word has multiple related meanings or senses, allowing for flexibility and richness of expression through context-dependent interpretation

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

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

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

a word or concept that represents a broader or more general category and encompasses other words or concepts within that category, known as hyponyms

the process of inventing a word

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

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

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

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

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

a word-formation process in which a word is shortened by removing one or more syllables, usually from the beginning or end, resulting in a new word with the same or similar meaning as the original word

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

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

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, typically involving vowel height, backness, or rounding

a word that represents a subset of a broader category

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

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