phonology

[fuh-nol-uh-jee, foh-]
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noun, plural phonologies.

1.
the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in alangua
ge and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
2.
the phonological system or the body of phonological facts of alanguage.

syntax
[sin-taks]
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noun
1.
Linguistics.

a. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences ina lan
guage.
b. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrasesfrom wor
ds.
c. the rules or patterns so studied:

English syntax.

d. a presentation of these:

a syntax of English.

e. an instance of these:

the syntax of a sentence.

2.
 Logic.

a. that branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signsthat o
ccur in a system and the possible arrangements of thosesigns, complete
abstraction being made of the meaning of the signs.
b. the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specifiedlanguage.

3.
a system or orderly arrangement.
4.
Computers. the grammatical rules and structural patterns governingthe
ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuingcommands, wri
ting code, etc., in a particular software application orprogramming langu
age.

morphology
[mawr-fol-uh-jee]
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noun
1.
the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
2.
the form and structure of an organism considered as a whole.
3.
Linguistics.

a. the patterns of word formation in a particular language, includinginflectio

n, derivation, and composition.
b. the study and description of such patterns.
c. the study of the behavior and combination of morphemes.

morpheme
[mawr-feem]
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noun, Linguistics.
1.
 any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constitutinga
word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided intosmaller in
dependent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed ofwaited.
Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).

recursion
[ri-kur-zhuh n]
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noun, Mathematics, Computers.
1.
the process of defining a function or calculating a number by therepeate
d application of an algorithm.

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pro-form
[proh-fawrm]
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noun, Grammar.
1.
 a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clausebelonging to a
given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace anoun or noun phrase, t
here used to replace an adverb or adverbialphrase of place, as in I parked the c
ar near the entrance and left itthere, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in
Have they come? Ithink so.

lateralization
[lat-er-uh-luh-zey-shuh n]
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noun
1.
functional specialization of the brain, with some skills, as language,occur
ring primarily in the left hemisphere and others, as the perceptionof visu
al and spatial relationships, occurring primarily in the righthemisphere.

puberty
[pyoo-ber-tee]
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noun
1.
the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexualreproduction
of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years inthe male and 1
2 years in the female.

coxa valga
coxa valga in MedicineExpand
coxa valga coxa val·ga (vāl'gə)
n.
Deformity of the hip in which the angle made by the femoral neck and thefemoral shaft
is increased.