Tag: linguistic

The Dravidian movement, born from Periyar’s Self-Respect philosophy, emphasised rationalism, linguistic pride, and social equality. Annadurai gave …

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Zero Anaphora

Zero anaphora refers to a linguistic phenomenon where pronouns or other referring…

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Vertical Deixis

Vertical deixis refers to the use of language to indicate relative social…

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Token-Reflexive Deixis

Token-reflexive deixis refers to linguistic expressions that point to themselves or their…

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Time Deixis

Time deixis refers to words and phrases that locate events in time…

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Suprafix: Understanding the Concept

A suprafix is a type of affix, specifically a prefix, that is…

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Suppletion in Linguistics

Suppletion refers to the phenomenon where related words in a language have…

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Sonority Scale

The sonority scale ranks sounds based on their perceived loudness or intensity.…

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Serial Verb Construction

A serial verb construction (SVC) features multiple verbs or verb phrases in…

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Separable Affix

Separable affixes are prefixes or suffixes in some languages that can be…

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