Linguistics

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Polysyllabic: Understanding Words with Multiple Syllables

Polysyllabic words are those containing three or more syllables. They enrich language…

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Polysemy: Understanding Words with Multiple Meanings

Polysemy refers to a single word having multiple related meanings. Explore its…

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Understanding Plurals in English Grammar

Plurals are the forms of nouns indicating more than one. This guide…

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Pleonasm: Redundancy in Language

A pleonasm is the use of more words than are necessary to…

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Pidgin: A Simplified Language for Communication

Pidgin languages emerge when speakers of mutually unintelligible languages need to communicate.…

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Phonetics

Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. It explores how sounds are…

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Phonemes: The Building Blocks of Spoken Language

Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a spoken language that…

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Philology: The Study of Language and Texts

Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources.…

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Phatic Speech: The Art of Social Connection

Phatic speech involves utterances primarily used to establish or maintain social contact…

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Performative Verb

A performative verb is an utterance that, when spoken, performs the action…

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