Evidentiality refers to the grammatical marking of the source of information. It indicates how a speaker knows what they are…
Deictic expressions are words or phrases whose meaning depends on the context of their utterance, including time, place, and participants.…
The deictic center is the conceptual 'here' and 'now' from which an utterance is oriented. It anchors language in the…
A definition is a statement that explains the meaning of a word or concept. It clarifies essential characteristics and distinguishes…
A defective verb is a verb that lacks certain forms or conjugations, often due to historical reasons or phonetic changes.…
Correlative conjunctions link words, phrases, or clauses of equal grammatical rank. They always appear in pairs, connecting similar elements for…
Conventional metonymy is a figure of speech where a word or phrase stands for another related concept. It's deeply ingrained…
Conventional metaphors are deeply ingrained linguistic and conceptual tools that shape our understanding of abstract ideas by mapping them onto…
Conventional implicature refers to meaning that is suggested or implied by an utterance, but not strictly entailed by its literal…
A consonant is a speech sound produced by obstructing the flow of air through the vocal tract. These sounds are…