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Labialization
Labialization is a way of pronouncing a sound or sounds (consonants and vowels by using one or both lips.
Language Associate
A language associate is a person who teaches you how to speak a language provides you with language data, and helps you do linguistic research. …
Lapse
A lapse is a relatively long silence between turns that is due to none of the participants taking a turn.
Lative Case
Lative case is a case that expresses motion up to the location of, or as far as the referent of the noun it marks.
Length
Length is the amount of time it takes to produce a sound.
Lenis Consonant
A lenis consonant is a “weak” consonant produced by the lack of tension in the vocal apparatus. These weak consonants tend to be short, weakly voiced or …
Lexeme
A lexeme is the minimal unit of language which has a semantic interpretation and embodies a distinct cultural concept. It is made up of one or more …
Lexical Category
A lexical category is a syntactic category for elements that are part of the lexicon of a language. These elements are at the word level.
Also known as Part of speech, Word class, Grammatical category, Grammatical classLexical Database
A lexical database is an organized description of the lexemes of a language.
Lexical Form
A lexical form is an abstract unit representing a set of wordforms differing only in inflection and not in core meaning. It is a component part of a …
Lexical Phonology
Lexical phonology is an approach to phonology that accounts for the interactions of morphology and phonology in the word building process. The lexicon …
Lexical Relation
A lexical relation is a culturally recognized pattern of association that exists between lexical units in a language.
Lexical Relation Elicitation Frame
A lexical relation elicitation frame is a set of words of a particular lexical relation that is an example for eliciting more lexical relations of the same …
Lexical Relation Set
A lexical relation set is a grouping of senses that are lexically related to each other.
Lexical Relation With A Scale Structure
A lexical relation with a scale structure is a pattern of association between lexical units in a fixed order or progression. They represent successive …
Lexical Relation With A Set Of Pairs Structure
A lexical relation with a set of pairs structure is a pattern of association between lexical units which is characterized by a binary contrast, …
Lexical Relation With A Simple Set Structure
A lexical relation with a simple set structure is a pattern of association between lexical units that share one or more semantic components.
Lexical Relation With A Tree Structure
A lexical relation with a tree structure is a pattern of association that is characterized by a set of lexical units which both have an inclusion …
Lexical Tone
Lexical tone is the distinctive pitch level carried by the syllable of a word which is an essential feature of the meaning of that word.
Lexical Unit
A lexical unit is a form-meaning composite that represents a lexical form, and single meaning of a lexeme.
Also known as SenseLexical Verb
A lexical verb is a member of the open class of verbs which form the primary verb vocabulary of a language.
Lexicon
A lexicon is the knowledge that a native speaker has about a language. This includes information about the form and meanings of words and phrases lexical …
Link Schema
A link schema is an image schema that consists of two or more entities, connected physically or metaphorically, and the bond between them.
Literal Meaning In A Lexical Database
The literal meaning is used to give the glosses of the individual components of a multi-morpheme expression, such as a compound or an idiom, where the …
Literal Translation
A literal translation is a translation that follows closely the form of the source language.
Also known as Word-for-word translationLitotes
Litotes is the use of a negated antonym to make an understatement or to emphatically affirm the positive.
Locative As A Semantic Role
Locative is a semantic role which identifies the location or spatial orientation of a state or action. A locative semantic role does not imply motion to, …
Locative Case
Locative case is a case that expresses location at the referent of the noun it marks.
Logical Relation
A logical relation is an interpropositional relation in which a proposition is related to another, in reasoning, as a premise to a conclusion, or an …
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