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initialismAn abbreviation where each letter is pronounced individually. | |
interjectionA part of speech that describes strong emotions or feelings. | |
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labelled bracketingA way of representing the internal structure of words using square brackets to mark the base of each word contained within. | |
lexemeThe basic form of the word that we usually find in the dictionary. | |
lexical word classesThe main four parts of speech that are high in meaning (noun, verb, adjectif, adverb). | |
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moodA verbal category that indicates whether the speaker presents an event as a real fact, as something unreal, or else as something he wishes to be performed and made real. | |
morphemeThe smallest meaningful unit of language. | |
MorphologyA branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words. | |
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nodeThe point in a tree diagram from which two branches sprout. | |
nominative caseAn inflected form that marks the word as the subject of the sentence. | |