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