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Alphaphonetic pronunciation
In linguistics, an alphaphonetic pronunciation is the pronunciation of a alphabetical glyph in phonemic orthography with its canonical pronunciation in alphabet language learning, rather than in...
In linguistics, an alphaphonetic pronunciation is the pronunciation of a alphabetical glyph in phonemic orthography with its canonical pronunciation in alphabet language learning, rather than in...
American National Corpus
The American National Corpus is a text corpus of American English currently containing 22 million words written and spoken data produced since 1990.
The American National Corpus is a text corpus of American English currently containing 22 million words written and spoken data produced since 1990.
Applied linguistics
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.
Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.
Bank of English
The Bank of English is the name of the COBUILD corpus, a collection of English texts.
The Bank of English is the name of the COBUILD corpus, a collection of English texts.
Bijankhan Corpus
The Bijankhan corpus is a tagged corpus that is suitable for natural language processing research on the Persian language.
The Bijankhan corpus is a tagged corpus that is suitable for natural language processing research on the Persian language.
Braj Kachru
Braj Kachru (ब्रज काचरू (Devanagari), برج کاچرو (Nastaleeq)) (born 1932 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is Jubilee Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at U...
Braj Kachru (ब्रज काचरू (Devanagari), برج کاچرو (Nastaleeq)) (born 1932 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India) is Jubilee Professor Emeritus of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at U...
British National Corpus
The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100-million-word text corpus of samples of written and spoken English from a wide range of sources.
The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100-million-word text corpus of samples of written and spoken English from a wide range of sources.
Brown Corpus
The Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English (or just Brown Corpus) was compiled in the 1960s by Henry Kucera and W. Nelson Francis at Brown University, Providence,...
The Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English (or just Brown Corpus) was compiled in the 1960s by Henry Kucera and W. Nelson Francis at Brown University, Providence,...
Buckeye Corpus
The Buckeye Corpus of conversational speech is a speech corpus created by a team of linguists and psychologists at Ohio State University led by Prof.
The Buckeye Corpus of conversational speech is a speech corpus created by a team of linguists and psychologists at Ohio State University led by Prof.
Cambridge English Corpus
The Cambridge English Corpus is a multi-billion word corpus of English language.
The Cambridge English Corpus is a multi-billion word corpus of English language.
Carole Chaski
Carole Elisabeth Chaski (born 1955) is a forensic linguist, considered one of the leading experts in the field, especially in the field of author identification research.
Carole Elisabeth Chaski (born 1955) is a forensic linguist, considered one of the leading experts in the field, especially in the field of author identification research.
Caverphone
The Caverphone phonetic matching algorithm was created by David Hood in the Caversham Project at the University of Otago in New Zealand in 2002.
The Caverphone phonetic matching algorithm was created by David Hood in the Caversham Project at the University of Otago in New Zealand in 2002.
Center for Applied Linguistics
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization that describes its mission as “working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture...
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization that describes its mission as “working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture...
CHILDES
The Child Language Data Exchange System is a corpus established in 1984 by Brian MacWhinney and Catherine Snow to serve as a central repository for first language acquisition data.
The Child Language Data Exchange System is a corpus established in 1984 by Brian MacWhinney and Catherine Snow to serve as a central repository for first language acquisition data.
Clinical linguistics
Clinical Linguistics is a sub-discipline of linguistics which involves the application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech-Language Pathology.
Clinical Linguistics is a sub-discipline of linguistics which involves the application of linguistic theory to the field of Speech-Language Pathology.
COBUILD
COBUILD, an acronym for Collins Birmingham University International Language Database, is a British research facility set up at the University of Birmingham in 1980 and funded by Collins pub...
COBUILD, an acronym for Collins Birmingham University International Language Database, is a British research facility set up at the University of Birmingham in 1980 and funded by Collins pub...
Computational lexicology
Computational lexicology is that branch of computational linguistics, which is concerned with the use of computers in the study of lexicon.
Computational lexicology is that branch of computational linguistics, which is concerned with the use of computers in the study of lexicon.
Computational linguistics
Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective.
Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective.
Computer-mediated communication
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers.
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any communicative transaction that occurs through the use of two or more networked computers.
Contrastive linguistics
Contrastive linguistics is a practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages (hence it is occasionally called "differe...
Contrastive linguistics is a practice-oriented linguistic approach that seeks to describe the differences and similarities between a pair of languages (hence it is occasionally called "differe...
Conversation analysis
Conversation analysis is an approach to the study of social interaction, embracing both verbal and non-verbal conduct, in situations of everyday life.
Conversation analysis is an approach to the study of social interaction, embracing both verbal and non-verbal conduct, in situations of everyday life.
Corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics is the study of language as expressed in samples or "real world" text.
Corpus linguistics is the study of language as expressed in samples or "real world" text.
Corpus of Contemporary American English
The freely-searchable 425 million word Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is the largest corpus of American English currently available, and the only publicly-available corpus of Ame...
The freely-searchable 425 million word Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is the largest corpus of American English currently available, and the only publicly-available corpus of Ame...
Croatian Language Corpus
The Croatian Language Corpus (Hrvatski jezični korpus, HJK) is a corpus of Croatian compiled at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (IHJJ).
The Croatian Language Corpus (Hrvatski jezični korpus, HJK) is a corpus of Croatian compiled at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (IHJJ).
Croatian National Corpus
Croatian National Corpus (Hrvatski nacionalni korpus, HNK) is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Croatian language.
Croatian National Corpus (Hrvatski nacionalni korpus, HNK) is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Croatian language.
Dialogical analysis
Dialogical analysis, or more precisely Dialogical Interaction Analysis, refers to a way of analyzing human communication which is based on the theory of dialogism.
Dialogical analysis, or more precisely Dialogical Interaction Analysis, refers to a way of analyzing human communication which is based on the theory of dialogism.
Discourse analysis
Discourse analysis, or discourse studies, is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken, signed language use or any significant semiotic event.
Discourse analysis, or discourse studies, is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken, signed language use or any significant semiotic event.
Dyscravia
Dyscravia is a voicing substitution dysgraphia, i.e., a type of writing disorder, in which the affected person confuses letters denoting sounds that differ in their voicing attribute (e.g.
Dyscravia is a voicing substitution dysgraphia, i.e., a type of writing disorder, in which the affected person confuses letters denoting sounds that differ in their voicing attribute (e.g.
Dyslexia research
Much of the early dyslexia research was based in cultures that adopted a Latin Alphabetic writing systems.
Much of the early dyslexia research was based in cultures that adopted a Latin Alphabetic writing systems.
Error analysis (linguistics)
In second language acquisition, error analysis studies the types and causes of language errors.
In second language acquisition, error analysis studies the types and causes of language errors.
European Language Resources Association
A not-for-profit organisation, the European Language Resources Association (ELRA) association is established under the law of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
A not-for-profit organisation, the European Language Resources Association (ELRA) association is established under the law of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Forensic linguistics
Forensic linguistics is the application of linguistic knowledge, methods and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure.
Forensic linguistics is the application of linguistic knowledge, methods and insights to the forensic context of law, language, crime investigation, trial, and judicial procedure.
Frame-Based Terminology
Frame-Based Terminology is a recent cognitive approach to Terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada.
Frame-Based Terminology is a recent cognitive approach to Terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada.
Frame-based terminology
Frame-based terminology is a cognitive approach to terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada.
Frame-based terminology is a cognitive approach to terminology developed by Pamela Faber and colleagues at the University of Granada.
Fremdsprachen und Hochschule
Fremdsprachen und Hochschule (Foreign Languages and University) is a triannual academic journal published by the German Association of University Language Centers.
Fremdsprachen und Hochschule (Foreign Languages and University) is a triannual academic journal published by the German Association of University Language Centers.
Geoffrey Leech
Geoffrey Leech (Born 16 January 1936) was Professor of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University from 1974 to 2002.
Geoffrey Leech (Born 16 January 1936) was Professor of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University from 1974 to 2002.
German Reference Corpus
The German Reference Corpus (original: Deutsches Referenzkorpus; short: DeReKo) is an electronic archive of text corpora of contemporary written German.
The German Reference Corpus (original: Deutsches Referenzkorpus; short: DeReKo) is an electronic archive of text corpora of contemporary written German.
Hamshahri Corpus
The Hamshahri Corpus is a sizable Persian corpus based on the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, one of the first online Persian newspapers in Iran.
The Hamshahri Corpus is a sizable Persian corpus based on the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, one of the first online Persian newspapers in Iran.
Information design
Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can use it with efficiency and effectiveness.
Information design is the skill and practice of preparing information so people can use it with efficiency and effectiveness.
International Corpus of English
The International Corpus of English is a set of corpora representing varieties of English from around the world.
The International Corpus of English is a set of corpora representing varieties of English from around the world.
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
The International Journal of Corpus Linguistics is a quarterly peer-reviewed linguistic academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on corpus linguistics, with a focu...
The International Journal of Corpus Linguistics is a quarterly peer-reviewed linguistic academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on corpus linguistics, with a focu...
Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus
The Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus (often abbreviated as LOB Corpus) was compiled in 1980s in collaboration between the University of Lancaster, the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Com...
The Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus (often abbreviated as LOB Corpus) was compiled in 1980s in collaboration between the University of Lancaster, the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Com...
Language acquisition
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words to communicate.
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words to communicate.
Language assessment
Language Assessment or Language Testing is a field of study under the umbrella of applied linguistics.
Language Assessment or Language Testing is a field of study under the umbrella of applied linguistics.
Language delay
Language delay is a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable.
Language delay is a failure to develop language abilities on the usual developmental timetable.
Language planning
Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community.
Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community.
Language survey
A language survey is conducted around the world for a variety of reasons.
A language survey is conducted around the world for a variety of reasons.
Lexical density
In computational linguistics, lexical density constitutes the estimated measure of content per functional (grammatical) and lexical units (lexemes) in total.
In computational linguistics, lexical density constitutes the estimated measure of content per functional (grammatical) and lexical units (lexemes) in total.
Linguistic anthropology
Linguistic anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life.
Linguistic anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life.
Linguistic Data Consortium
The Linguistic Data Consortium is an open consortium of universities, companies and government research laboratories.
The Linguistic Data Consortium is an open consortium of universities, companies and government research laboratories.
Linguistic distance
Linguistic distance is a term loosely used to describe how different one language or dialect is from another.
Linguistic distance is a term loosely used to describe how different one language or dialect is from another.
Linguistic Diversity Index
Linguistic Diversity Index (LDI) or Greenberg’s diversity index is an index to measure how diverse a country’s languages are.
Linguistic Diversity Index (LDI) or Greenberg’s diversity index is an index to measure how diverse a country’s languages are.
Linguistic diversity index
Linguistic diversity index or Greenberg’s diversity index is an index to measure how diverse a country’s languages are.
Linguistic diversity index or Greenberg’s diversity index is an index to measure how diverse a country’s languages are.
Literacy
Literacy has been described as the ability to read for knowledge and write coherently and think critically about the written word.
Literacy has been described as the ability to read for knowledge and write coherently and think critically about the written word.
Logology
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is the journal of record for logologists.
Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics is the journal of record for logologists.
Meaning-Text Theory
Meaning-Text Theory (MTT) is a theoretical linguistic framework, first put forward in Moscow by Aleksandr Žolkovskij and Igor Mel’čuk, for the construction of models of natural language.
Meaning-Text Theory (MTT) is a theoretical linguistic framework, first put forward in Moscow by Aleksandr Žolkovskij and Igor Mel’čuk, for the construction of models of natural language.
National Corpus of Polish
The National Corpus of Polish is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Polish language.
The National Corpus of Polish is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Polish language.
NNEST
NNEST or non-native English-speaking teachers is an acronym that refers to the growing body of English language teachers who speak English as a foreign or second language.
NNEST or non-native English-speaking teachers is an acronym that refers to the growing body of English language teachers who speak English as a foreign or second language.
Open discourse
Open Discourse is a technical term employed in discourse analysis and Sociolinguistics which is contrasted with Closed Discourse.
Open Discourse is a technical term employed in discourse analysis and Sociolinguistics which is contrasted with Closed Discourse.
Oral myology
Oral myology is the postural training of the tongue, lips and cheeks.
Oral myology is the postural training of the tongue, lips and cheeks.
Orthography
An orthography is a standardized system for using a particular writing system to write a particular language.
An orthography is a standardized system for using a particular writing system to write a particular language.
Outline of linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language.
Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language.
Oxford English Corpus
The Oxford English Corpus is a text corpus of English language used by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary and by Oxford University Press's language research programme.
The Oxford English Corpus is a text corpus of English language used by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary and by Oxford University Press's language research programme.
Quranic Arabic Corpus
The Quranic Arabic Corpus is an annotated linguistic resource consisting of 77,430 words of Quranic Arabic.
The Quranic Arabic Corpus is an annotated linguistic resource consisting of 77,430 words of Quranic Arabic.
Rapid automatized naming
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors, or symbols (letters or digits).
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a task that measures how quickly individuals can name aloud objects, pictures, colors, or symbols (letters or digits).
Reading (process)
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning.
Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning.
Reading education in the United States
Reading education is the process by which individuals are taught to derive meaning from text.
Reading education is the process by which individuals are taught to derive meaning from text.
Realia (translation)
In translation, Realia are words and expressions for culture-specific objects, concepts and phenomena.
In translation, Realia are words and expressions for culture-specific objects, concepts and phenomena.
Reinhard Hartmann
Reinhard Rudolf Karl Hartmann is a lexicographer and applied linguist.
Reinhard Rudolf Karl Hartmann is a lexicographer and applied linguist.
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
Robert Lado
Dr. Robert Lado (born May 31, 1915, Tampa, Florida - died December 11, 1995, Washington) was an American expert on modern linguistics.
Dr. Robert Lado (born May 31, 1915, Tampa, Florida - died December 11, 1995, Washington) was an American expert on modern linguistics.
Russian National Corpus
The Russian National Corpus is a corpus of the Russian language that has been available online since April 29, 2004.
The Russian National Corpus is a corpus of the Russian language that has been available online since April 29, 2004.
Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech
The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech (SCOTS) is an ongoing project to build a corpus of modern-day (post-1940) written and spoken texts in Scottish English and varieties of Scots.
The Scottish Corpus of Texts & Speech (SCOTS) is an ongoing project to build a corpus of modern-day (post-1940) written and spoken texts in Scottish English and varieties of Scots.
Second language acquisition
Second language acquisition or second language learning is the process by which people learn a second language.
Second language acquisition or second language learning is the process by which people learn a second language.
Second language attrition
Second language attrition occurs whenever the learner uses the second language to an “insufficient degree or due to environmental changes the language use is limited and another language is beco...
Second language attrition occurs whenever the learner uses the second language to an “insufficient degree or due to environmental changes the language use is limited and another language is beco...
Second-language acquisition
Second-language acquisition or second-language learning is the process by which people learn a second language.
Second-language acquisition or second-language learning is the process by which people learn a second language.
Second-language attrition
Second-language attrition occurs whenever the learner uses the second language to an “insufficient degree or due to environmental changes the language use is limited and another language is beco...
Second-language attrition occurs whenever the learner uses the second language to an “insufficient degree or due to environmental changes the language use is limited and another language is beco...
Slovenian National Corpus
Slovenian National Corpus FidaPLUS is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Slovenian language.
Slovenian National Corpus FidaPLUS is the biggest and the most important corpus of the Slovenian language.
Speech and language pathology
Speech-Language Pathology professionals specialize in communication disorders.
Speech-Language Pathology professionals specialize in communication disorders.
Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-Language Pathology professionals specialize in communication disorders as well as swallowing disorders.
Speech-Language Pathology professionals specialize in communication disorders as well as swallowing disorders.
Statistical language acquisition
Statistical language acquisition, a branch of developmental psycholinguistics, is the study of the process by which humans develop the ability to perceive, produce, comprehend, and communicate ...
Statistical language acquisition, a branch of developmental psycholinguistics, is the study of the process by which humans develop the ability to perceive, produce, comprehend, and communicate ...
Stylistics (literature)
Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective.
Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective.
Survey of English Usage
The Survey of English Usage was the first research centre in Europe to carry out research with corpora.
The Survey of English Usage was the first research centre in Europe to carry out research with corpora.
Tatoeba
Tatoeba.org is a free online database of example sentences geared towards foreign language learners.
Tatoeba.org is a free online database of example sentences geared towards foreign language learners.
Teresa P. Pica
Teresa P. Pica, also known as Tere Pica, was Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, a post she held since 1983 until her death on November 1...
Teresa P. Pica, also known as Tere Pica, was Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, a post she held since 1983 until her death on November 1...
Termbase
A termbase, or term base is a database containing terms and related information, usually in multilingual format.
A termbase, or term base is a database containing terms and related information, usually in multilingual format.
Terminology
Terminology is the study of terms and their use.
Terminology is the study of terms and their use.
Text linguistics
Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems.
Text linguistics is a branch of linguistics that deals with texts as communication systems.
TMC Corpus
TMC is a large-scale Persian monolingual corpus.
TMC is a large-scale Persian monolingual corpus.
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
Turn Construction Unit
A turn construction unit (TCU) is the fundamental segment of speech in a conversation, as analyzed in conversation analysis.
A turn construction unit (TCU) is the fundamental segment of speech in a conversation, as analyzed in conversation analysis.
Usage
A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field.
A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field.
Vorlage
A vorlage refers to a prior version or manifestation of a text under consideration.
A vorlage refers to a prior version or manifestation of a text under consideration.
Writeprint
Writeprint is a term proposed by some forensic linguistics researchers to denote a set of distinguishing stylometric characteristics of a written text (writer invariants) such as "vocabulary ri...
Writeprint is a term proposed by some forensic linguistics researchers to denote a set of distinguishing stylometric characteristics of a written text (writer invariants) such as "vocabulary ri...