Vocabulary list for linguistics
David Bar-Tzur
GENERAL
| exception |
eye contact |
grammar |
idiom |
linguistics |
modify |
transition |
COMMUNICATION
| communication |
decode |
deixis |
express |
interpret |
monotone |
point of view |
| receive (language) |
LANGUAGES See Indigenous signs for countries to represent any of their languages.
| accent |
A-Language |
B-Language |
C-Language |
English |
fluency |
fluent |
| Hebrew |
Keswahili |
language |
Latin |
Swahili |
vocabulary |
word |
| Yiddish |
MORPHOLOGY
| affix |
ending |
morpheme |
prefix |
suffix |
NOUN
| abstract |
concrete |
modify |
plural |
singular |
ORTHOGRAPHY (FORMS OF WRITING)
| capital |
heiroglyphics |
ideogram (Chinese character) |
letter |
notation |
orthography |
punctuation |
| symbol |
uppercase |
PHONOLOGY
| feature |
hold |
Lidell Movement-Hold |
movement |
parameter |
phoneme |
phonology |
| pronunciation |
regional |
Stokoe, William |
syllable |
PRAGMATICS
| casual |
command |
formal |
register-> |
consultative (~) |
formal (~) |
frozen (~) |
| informal (~) |
intimate (~) |
SENTENCE AND SENTENCE PARTS
| clause-> |
dependent (~) |
independent (~) |
conditional |
object |
phrase |
sentence-> |
| complex (~) |
compound (~) |
simple (~) |
subject |
word order |
VERBS
| future (tense) |
infinitive |
inseparable verb |
intransitive verb |
modify |
passive |
past (tense) |
| past participle |
perfect (tense) |
plural |
predicate |
present (tense) |
present participle |
separable verb |
| singular |
tense |
transitive verb |
WORD CLASSES (PARTS OF SPEECH)
| active (case, Linguistics) |
adjective |
adverb |
agent |
agentless passive |
agreement |
article |
| bilingual |
conjunction |
high visual |
infinitive |
intransitive verb |
low verbal |
Minimal Language Skills |
| noun-> |
abstract (~) |
concrete (~) |
preposition |
transitive verb |
verb-> |
inseperable ~ |
| intransitive ~ |
separable ~ |
transitive ~ |
For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.
For additional relevant terms, see Indigenous signs for countries if there will be discussion of foreign languages and Deaf Studies, especially "Communication modes and methods" and "People and labels", if ASL will be discussed.
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