An adpositional phrase consists of an adposition (preposition or postposition) and its complement, typically a noun phrase. It functions as…
An adjunct is a word, phrase, or clause that adds extra, non-essential information to a sentence. It modifies another element…
An adjacency pair is a sequence of two related utterances by different speakers, where the second utterance is a conventional…
An addressee is the intended recipient of a message. Understanding who the addressee is crucial for effective communication, influencing tone,…
An actual presupposition is a statement implicitly assumed to be true before another statement can be understood or evaluated. It's…
Actual implicature refers to what a speaker actually means, beyond the literal words. It's the intended message conveyed through context,…
Acoustic phonetics studies the physical properties of speech sounds. It analyzes how sounds are produced, transmitted, and perceived, focusing on…
The accusative case marks the direct object of a verb in many languages. It indicates who or what is directly…
Exploring the semantic role of accompaniment, detailing its linguistic function, how it's expressed in language, and its significance in understanding…
The absolutive case marks the single argument of a transitive verb or the single argument of an intransitive verb. It's…