Linguistics

Mini-Dictionaries

Mini-dictionaries are compact, specialized collections of words and their meanings, often focusing on a specific subject, jargon, or dialect. They…

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Minced Oath

A minced oath is a religious expletive that avoids blasphemy by altering a sacred word or phrase, often for comedic or…

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Middle Verbs in English Grammar

Middle verbs in English grammar are verbs that can function as both transitive and intransitive, changing meaning or voice without…

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Metonymy: Understanding Figurative Language

Metonymy is a figure of speech where a word or phrase is substituted for another closely associated word or concept.…

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Metaplasm: Understanding Linguistic and Biological Transformations

Metaplasm refers to changes in the form or structure of words or biological entities. It encompasses phonetic shifts in language…

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Mass Nouns: Understanding Uncountable Things

Mass nouns, also known as uncountable nouns, refer to things that cannot be counted individually. Learn their unique grammatical properties…

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Main Verbs

Main verbs, also known as action verbs, express the core action or state of being in a sentence. They are…

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Loan Words: Understanding Borrowed Language

Loan words are words adopted from one language into another with little to no modification. They enrich vocabulary and reflect…

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LIX (Laesbarhedsindex) – Readability Index Explained

LIX, or Laesbarhedsindex, is a readability formula used to assess text complexity. It calculates ease of reading based on sentence…

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Linking Verb

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which renames or describes the subject. Common…

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