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English Lingusitic Terms List
accusative
active
addressee
adjectival (phrase)
adjective
adverb
adverbial (phrase)
adverbial clause
affirmative
affricate
agent
agreement
antecedent
aorist
aspect
aspirated
attributive
auxiliary verb
case marker/suffix
categorial
causative suffix
causee
clause
clitic
comitative
comitative/instrumental marker
complement
complex sentence
compound verb form
concessive
conditional clause
conjunct
conjunction
connective
constituent
converb
co-ordination
copula
copular markers
counterfactual
dative
definite
demonstrative a determiner or pronoun
dental
derivation
derivational suffix
derived
determiner
direct object
discourse connective
distributive numeral
echo question
ellipsis (or elision)
epenthetic vowel
evidential
existential sentence
finite clause
finite verb form
front
generic
genitive
genitive-attracting pronouns
genitive-possessive
glide
glottal stop
habitual
hard palate
head
high vowel
imperative
imperfective
impersonal passive
indefinite
indirect command
indirect question
indirect statement
inflected
inflection
inflectional suffix
instrumental
intonational phrase
intonation contour
intransitive verb
labio-dental
lateral
lexical item
lexicalized
lexical verb
linking sentence
locative
low vowel
main clause
mid vowel
modal adverbial
modality
modifier
nasal
nominal
nominal sentence
nominalized forms
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