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GLOSSARY
ABLATIVE. A declensional form symbolizing removal, direction
away, or various other aspects in various languages.
ABLAUT. The variation of vowel in different forms of the same
word, possibly due to former accentual conditions.
ABSTRACTION. The mental separation of common elements from
various experiences or concepts.
ACOUSTIC BASIS. The basis from which the speakers of a language
identify various acoustic shades either as unimportant variants
or as significant and essential differences.
ACOUSTIC COLORING. The property of a speech sound which char-
acterizes it as producing the acoustic effect of a certain specific
vowel.
ACOUSTICIST. A linguist who believes that the origin of language
is to be looked for in acoustic imitation rather than in articula-
tory gesture.
ACTION WORD. A word used with a view to causing some action to
take place.
AFFIX. A sound or sound combination which does not occur as an
independent word or radical in the system of a language but
whose addition to a word or radical changes the latter's
meaning.
AFFRICATE. A consonantal combination of explosive and homor-
ganic fricative interpreted as one sound unit.
AGGLUTINATION. The loose adding of affixes to radicals with the
result of effecting various semantic changes.
AKTIONSART. The particular aspect of a verbal meaning symbolized
by a special form in certain languages: for instance, the aspect
of repetition, intensity, etc.
ALVEOLAR. A speech sound produced by contact of the tongue with
the alveoli or teeth ridge.
AMPLITUDE. The range of a vibration on one side or the other from
the middle point of motion.
ANALOGY. In a wider sense, the likeness of two or more linguistic
units in some respect resulting in a corresponding likeness in
some other respect; in a narrower sense, the likeness in meaning

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