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1. allolog, n. View full entry 1946
...One of two or more pronunciations, viewed as alternants, which a word may take....
2. allophony, n. View full entry 1945
...Variation in the possible phonetic realizations of a phoneme....
3. ˈendingless, adj. View full entry 1946
...Without ending....
4. hybridism, n. View full entry 1846
...The fact or condition of being hybrid; the hybrid condition in plants or animals as a biological phenomenon....
5. isomorphism, n. View full entry 1828
...Chem. and Min. The property of crystallizing in the same or closely related forms, esp. as exhibited by substances of analogous composition....
6. Jonesian, adj. View full entry 1951
...Used to designate the phonetic system or the system of classifying phonemes adopted by Daniel Jones. Hence as , an adherent or follower of Jones....
7. metaphonic, adj. View full entry 1922
...Characterized by or exhibiting metaphony....
8. metathesized, adj. View full entry 1888
...That is characterized by or has undergone metathesis....
9. monophonematic, adj. View full entry 1940
...= monophonemic...
10. monophthongize, v. View full entry 1910
...trans. To change or convert (a vowel sound) into a monophthong....
11. morphemics, n. View full entry 1947
...The study, description, or analysis of morphemes and the morphemic structure of words....
12. morphonemic, adj. View full entry 1934
...= morphophonemic...
13. morphophonology, n. View full entry 1934
...The branch of linguistics that deals with the phonemic constitution and the phonological representation of morphemes....
14. nativize, v. View full entry 1948
...trans.Linguistics. To adapt (a loan word) to the phonetic structure of the native language; to develop (a pidgin language) into a creole used as a first language....
15. Neo-Melanesian, n. View full entry 1955
...An English-based pidgin or creole spoken in Melanesia, comprising three main varieties (Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea, Bislama in Vanuatu, and Pijin in Solomon Islands) and serving as the lingua franca...
16. non-final, adj. View full entry 1896
...Chiefly Linguistics. That does not come at the end of a word, series, etc....
17. non-past, adj. and n. View full entry 1946
...Of, relating to, or designating a tense not expressing a past action or state, esp. the present tense, or the present and future tense. Also, of time: that is referred to by...
18. passivized, adj. View full entry 1975
...That has been converted to the passive voice....
19. paucal, adj. View full entry 1930
...Designating a number (number16) or inflected form denoting more than two entities but fewer than the number denoted by the plural. Cf. trial...
20. perfectivity, n. View full entry 1895
...The quality or state of being perfective (perfective2b)....
