Linguistics

LINGUISTICS

ANACHRONISM (N) a word or expression not corresponding to the language of a given period of history; anything seemingly from another time

ANAGRAM (N) a word or group of words made by rearranging the letters of another word or group of words

APHASIA (N) loss of the ability to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage

ARGOT (N) specialised langauage and idioms of a group

CANT (V) hypocritical talk

COLLOQUIAL (AD)) informal spoken or written expression

DIALECT (N) a distinctive regional variety of a language

EUPHONIC (AD)) having an agreeable or pleasing sound

IDIOM (N) an expression which has a special meaning different from the meaning of the individual words that make up the expression

LEXICON (N) collection of words arranged alphabetically and their definitions

LOCUTION (N) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing

PATOIS (N) regional form of a language

PHONETIC (AD)) based on sounds (e.g, the phonetic spelling of a word

RHETORIC_ (N) study of the technique and rules of effective usage of language; using !anguage effectively to please or persuade

ROSTRUM (N) a platform for public speaking; dais

SEMANTIC (AD)) connected with ^the meanings of words

SYNTAX (N) grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence

TRANSCRIBE (V) to reduce speech to a written form