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1. différance, n. View full entry 1968
...The impossibility or indefinite deferral of any ultimate or metaphysical signification, on account of the constantly changing and proliferating relationships between the linguistic signs in any sentence or utterance; an instance of...
2. Ebonics, n. View full entry 1973
...African-American English, esp. when considered as a distinct language or dialect with linguistic features related to or derived from those of certain West African languages, rather than as a non-standard variety of...
3. heterophony, n. View full entry 1945
...Simultaneous performance by two or more singers or instrumentalists of different versions of the same melody....
4. lexigram, n. View full entry 1973
...Any of a set of symbols representing words; spec. one of those used in the investigation of language learning by chimpanzees....
5. logophile, n. View full entry 1959
...A lover of words....
6. non-subject, adj. View full entry 1881
...That is not subject to a particular government, rule, etc., implied by the context....
7. onomatopoeics, n. View full entry 1934
...With sing. or pl. concord: = onomatopoeia...
8. orthophonic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1877
...Linguistics. Of or relating to orthophony. rare....
9. pan-Indian, adj. View full entry 1899
...Of or relating to the whole of India, or to all its ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups....
10. phonal, adj. View full entry 1859
...Relating to vocal sound; phonetic....
11. pivot word, n. View full entry 1865
...A word crucial to the meaning or structure of a sentence, paragraph, etc....
12. portmantologist, n. View full entry 1934
...A person who utters or studies portmanteau words....
13. Prague, n. View full entry 1909
...ham cured by a process involving salting followed by smoking; a ham of this type....
14. pre-final, adj. and n. View full entry 1922
...That precedes the final stage or form....
15. prolatively, adv. View full entry 1866
...As a prolative infinitive. Cf. prolative2....
16. prolongability, n. View full entry 1877
...The capacity to be prolonged or lengthened....
17. rank shift, n. View full entry 1953
...A change in ranking; (Econ.) a shift in the relative position of a company in a ranking system which analyses performance against similar companies....
18. reconstructed, adj. View full entry 1834
...That has been reconstructed (in various senses)....
19. supraglottal, adj. and n. View full entry 1858
...Located above the glottis. Cf. supraglottic...
