linguistic
/ɫɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
adjective
related to the science of language
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1Linguistic elements do not have that property.
2However, linguistic processing is the bottleneck in reading.
3Pronunciation tips, linguistics English classes, study tips, culture and travel.
4Linguistic means language.
5Linguistic scripts occupy the middle range.
infinitive
/ˌɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
noun
(grammar) the root form of a verb
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1So yes, and we need the infinitive.
2It’s the infinitive!
3It's the infinitive.
4After modal verbs, we always have the infinitive.
5After want we always use the infinitive.
gerund
/ˈdʒɛɹənd/
noun
(grammar) a form of a verb that functions as a noun and is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the base form of the verb
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1Playing is a gerund.
2What's a gerund?
3But native English speakers use gerunds a lot in English.
4What's the gerund?
5Which is the gerund?
transitive verb
/tɹˈænsɪtˌɪv vˈɜːb/
noun
(grammar) a verb that needs a direct object
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1We can also use 'stand' as a transitive verb which means 'to endure'.
2Well, with a transitive verb, it takes an object or a direct object, meaning it has an effect on something else.
3That's what a transitive verb means, so the verb has to carry across to an object.
4A transitive verb mandates that there has to be an object there: "Sam devoured the pizza."
5Take a transitive verb, a k'uxi, where you are the subject.
intransitive verb
/ɪntɹˈænsɪtˌɪv vˈɜːb/
noun
(grammar) a verb without a direct object
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1Now intransitive verbs are the opposite.
2An intransitive verb means it doesn't take a direct object.
3And you're still the subject in the intransitive verb wäyet, even though you look different.
4This sets Mayan apart from both English and Nahuatl, since we use the same subjects for transitive and intransitive verbs.
number
/ˈnəmbɝ/
noun
(grammar) the form of a word that indicates whether one, two, or more things or people are being referred to
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1'It's the wrong number.'
2In the U.S., where about 200,000 people die from air pollution yearly, an unknown number of lives are also being spared.
3Run the numbers!
4Our model of atoms has changed a number of times since we first conceived it, and the current one will certainly not be the last.
5Check number one.
person
/ˈpɝsən/
noun
(grammar) each of the three classes of pronouns that refers to who is speaking, who is being spoken to, or others that are not present during the conversation
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1They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2They did not know that illnesses could be transferred from one person to another.
3A young person was standing on the other side of the pond.
4Sacks has a form of prosopagnosia, a neurological disorder that impairs a person’s ability to perceive or recognize faces, also known as face blindness.
5This person believes in climate change.
voice
/ˈvɔɪs/
noun
(grammar) the form of a verb that indicates whether the subject does something or something is done to it
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1Samples of voices from security camera tapes, telephone answering machines, or other recording devices can be scanned electronically.
2Later, he woke up to the sound of Grey Beaver's voice.
3He has a very nice voice - and he doesn't shout at people.'
4It has an alarm clock and voice control.
5- Voice your opinion.
gender
/ˈdʒɛndɝ/
noun
(grammar) a class of words indicating whether they are feminine, masculine, or neuter
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1Gender reveal parties.
2Trevor, gender is a spectrum, okay?
3Pronouns have gender.
4Today's word is gender.
5Does gender affect happiness?
feminine
/ˈfɛmənən/
adjective
(grammar) (of a class of words) referring to females
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1Isn't mime feminine?
2Attacks are feminine.
3Villains are feminine.
4Now the feminine can relax.
5today's subject is divine feminine.
masculine
/ˈmæskjəɫən/
adjective
(grammar) (of a class of words) referring to males
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1El libro is masculine and singular.
2It just sounds way more masculine.
3No! Dulcinea's voice is masculine.
4The divine masculine is God.
5Still, the origin of the name retains its masculine roots.
subjunctive
/sˈʌbdʒəŋktˌɪv/
adjective
(grammar) related to verbs that express wishes, possibility, or doubt
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1Let the Jussive subjunctive be used.
2We often use 'were' instead of 'was' for all pronouns because of the subjunctive.
3Every English speaker has a fear of the subjunctive tense in French.
4This is using the subjunctive tense in French.
5It actually grants legal protection to an imaginary space that exists in something like the subjunctive.
phonetics
/fəˈnɛtɪks/
noun
the science and study of speech sounds and their production
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1Never said I was a phonetics ace, either.
intonation
/ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/
noun
(phonetics) the rising and falling of the voice when speaking
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1Any other question, intonation goes down.
2Intonation is like punctuation.
3The next thing is intonation.
4Intonation is the melody of the language.
5Intonation is my passion.
dialect
/ˈdaɪəˌɫɛkt/
noun
the spoken form of a language specific to a certain region or people which is slightly different from the standard form in words and grammar
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1I do dialects very well.
2- Different pods of orcas actually have different dialects.
3- Hi, Eric Singer, dialect coach.
4They spoke German dialect.
5Do different families use different dialects?
proverb
/ˈpɹɑvɝb/
noun
a well-known statement or phrase that expresses a general truth or gives advice
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1I feel like that's the start of a cautionary Chinese proverb? -
2You find proverbs.
3Proverbs is the classic book of Wisdom.
4Proverbs recommends honesty in your business affairs and kindness, and loyalty, impartiality, sobriety, and humility, restraint, and sincerity.
5Proverbs was the start for me The book of wisdom and understanding.
idiom
/ˈɪdiəm/
noun
a group of words that have a different meaning when combined together
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1Idioms give me much more detail and expression than just a normal adjective.
2Next we have idioms.
3Native English speakers use idioms in their everyday speech.
4Idioms are another common problem for textbook learners.
5Idiom: to hit the road.
jargon
/ˈdʒɑɹɡən/
noun
words, phrases, and expressions used by a specific group or profession, which are incomprehensible to others
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1Airline people have a lot of jargon for things.
2Is this too much jargon?
3Everyone understand the jargon?
4That's a jargon.
5However, the actual description of the product used a lot of pseudo-scientific jargon.
slang
/ˈsɫæŋ/
noun
words or expressions that are very informal and more common in spoken form, used especially by a particular group of people, such as criminals, children, etc.
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1- What's a slang?
2So donzo is slang
3A good example of passive vocabulary is, slang.
4It's slang.
5It's slang.
euphemism
/ˈjufəˌmɪzəm/
noun
a word or expression that is used instead of a harsh or insulting one in order to be more tactful and polite
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1The euphemism cycle continues.
2It uses euphemisms.
3And condition is a euphemism.
4Is ride the dolphin a euphemism for something?
5You will need Sound bites Euphemisms
to punctuate
/ˈpəŋktʃuˌeɪt/
verb
to use punctuation marks in a text in order to make it more understandable
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1It punctuates it.
2She punctuated that gradual comeback with this heavy pressure steal and transition bucket in the fourth quarter.
3Now, the end of Santos' rule was punctuated by protests.
4Secondly, its existence was punctuated by war.
5Business history is punctuated by waves of innovation.
colon
/ˈkoʊɫən/
noun
the punctuation mark : used to introduce a quotation, explanation, or list of items
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1Here's one, colon cancer.
2The colon plays a very important role in our body.
3Your colon is a self-cleansing organ.
4The colon is three feet in length or 80 centimeters in metric terms.
5So colon is your bowel, your gut, your lower intestine.
semicolon
/sˌɛmɪkˈoʊlən/
noun
the punctuation mark ; used to separate the items in a list or to indicate a pause between two main clauses in a compound sentence
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1A semicolon can break a list-like sentence up into several smaller sections.
2Programming languages adopted the semicolon to indicate the end of a statement.
3I could use Command semicolon.
4e n t semicolon spell it one more time d
5Just press Command and Semicolon.
parenthesis
/pɝˈɛnθəsɪs/
noun
either of the symbols ( ) used in writing to enclose extra information that is given or to group a symbolic unit in logic or mathematics
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1We put a parentheses.
2I can even use parentheses.
3Ignore that parenthesis.
4Equals sum parenthesis.
5- It's like one, colon, and then, parenthesis.
hyphen
/ˈhaɪfən/
noun
the punctuation mark - used to join two words to form a new one, or to indicate an element is missing (as for instance right- and left-handed), or to show that the remaining letters of a word situated at the end of a line are at the beginning of the next one
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1So it's got hyphens too.
2Just put a little hyphen, there.
3So a hyphen is just pressing the hyphen key.
4So a hyphen is just pressing the hyphen key.
5The en dash is Option, hyphen.
slash
/ˈsɫæʃ/
noun
the symbol / used in print or writing to indicate alternatives or fractions, etc.
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1Then slash my left wrist.
2Slash truck, birthday party.
3Country slash rap?
4Slash laugh face.
5slash crotch.
interjection
/ˌɪntɝˈdʒɛkʃən/
noun
(grammar) a phrase or word used suddenly to express a particular emotion
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1But there's an interjection of a whole other context or space.
2But this can also be an interjection and then it's often unstressed.
3it's an interjection.
4And the doctor's interjections may in fact endanger their capacity to make the decision by someone-- HON.
5That's my step, that's my one time interjection -
particle
/ˈpɑɹtəkəɫ/, /ˈpɑɹtɪkəɫ/
noun
(grammar) an adverb or preposition that is used with a verb to form a phrasal verb
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1When Snow observed the situation in London, he therefore concluded that cholera was spread by tiny fecal particles in the water.
2Particles are modes of interactions with the field.
3Particles are local.
4Those particles, then, can start an inflammatory response.
5Additional particles usually trigger a hyperactive sensation in your brain.
e.g.
/ˌiˈɡi/
adverb
used before providing an example
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1E.g. What happens with your employee stock option pool.
2E.g., is the investor asking for a 2x liquidation preference?
3E.g., it doesn't really matter if topological manifolds are defined to be second countable.
4See e.g. the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
5E.g. high stress situations tent to make a man feel less afraid.
ungrammatical
/ʌnɡɹɐmˈæɾɪkəl/
adjective
not conforming with the rules of grammar
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1They feel ungrammatical.
2Linguists sometimes mark an ungrammatical sentence with an asterisk or star like *me see they.
3Hmm, that's ungrammatical too.
4OK, it's completely ungrammatical and that's just fine.
5Double negations are ungrammatical.

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