The way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words.
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A person who can speak two languages fluently.
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The variation of the form of a verb in an inflected language, such as English, by which the voice, mood, tense, number, and person are identified.
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A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
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The study of the origin and history of words, including their form, meaning, and changes over time.
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The ability to speak or write a language easily, accurately, and readily.
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The rules and structure of a language, including syntax, morphology, and phonology.
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A word that is pronounced or spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
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An expression or phrase that has a figurative meaning, different from the literal meaning of its individual words.
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Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand.
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The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
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The study of the structure and formation of words in a language.
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A newly coined word or expression, or a new meaning for an existing word.
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The conventional spelling system of a language.
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The study of the physical sounds of human speech, including their production, transmission, and perception.
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A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.
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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
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The branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning.
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The process of converting a text or speech from one language to another, while preserving its meaning.
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A spoken word, statement, or vocal sound.
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A speech sound produced by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity, forming the most sonorous and central sound of a syllable.
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The ability to speak or understand a language that one has never learned or encountered before.
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A language of Ashkenazi Jews, derived from Middle High German, written in Hebrew characters, and spoken mainly in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.
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A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one.
