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• Acronym
  Acronyms contrast with [[alphabetism]]s, which are pronounced with the names of the letters (
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• Demonstrative
  ...of physical proximity to the speaker, so that there is at least a two-way contrast of [[proximal]] (near speaker) versus [[distal]] (not near speaker), or the
  1 KB (187 words) - 16:36, 6 June 2008
• Extension
  ...r [[sign (semiotics)|sign]] consists of the things to which it applies, in contrast with its [[comprehension (logic)|comprehension]] or [[intension]], which co
  712 bytes (97 words) - 11:55, 3 June 2009
• Light verb
  ...hanashi'' which in its turn theta-marks ''John and Mary''. As shown by the contrast with (i)b, the verb ''suru'' only contributes the past tense (''shita'' = '
  1 KB (141 words) - 20:57, 16 February 2009
• Parser
  ...machine designed to test the structural integrity of a linguistic unit. In contrast to a [[recognizer]], a parser produces a structural description for all wel
  1 KB (157 words) - 10:53, 11 July 2007
• Descriptive linguistics
  ...rasted with [[theoretical linguistics]], but it would seem that the better contrast is with [[general linguistics]]. Descriptive linguistics is devoted to the
  992 bytes (121 words) - 18:07, 28 June 2014
• Theoretical linguistics
  ...y of that language. Moreover, ''theoretical'' is a good term to be used in contrast to ''applied''.
  2 KB (210 words) - 10:19, 21 September 2007
• Pitch accent (lexical)
  ...as [[Japanese]]) where [[pitch change]] is the only cue to [[accent]] (in contrast to [[stress]], where [[amplitude]] and [[duration]] are also important cues
  1 KB (168 words) - 11:14, 9 September 2007
• Speech-act participant
  ...-act participants. (They do not distinguish between 1st or 2nd person, but contrast them both with third person (non-speech-act participant).)
  2 KB (226 words) - 05:40, 1 April 2008
• Verb second
  The contrast between the [[Dutch]] (i)a and the [[English]] (i)b shows that Dutch, but n
  899 bytes (140 words) - 08:38, 31 August 2014
• Taxonomy
  ...tance of a taxonymy because a dog as well as a cat is a type of animal. By contrast, the the relationship between the [[hyperonym]] 'woman' and the [[hyponym]]
  716 bytes (115 words) - 16:33, 27 July 2014
• Direct object
  ...act that the direct object in French is not coded by a [[preposition]], in contrast to the indirect object, which requires the preposition ''à''.
  904 bytes (116 words) - 18:22, 28 June 2014
• Absolutive (verb form)
  ...first called the Sanskrit converb an "absolute participle", apparently to contrast it with the Latin and Greek [[participium conjunctum]], which agrees with a
  1 KB (163 words) - 21:16, 6 August 2007
• Specific reading
  ...y unicorn. This does not entail the existence of unicorns. The specificity-contrast is often analyzed in terms of the relative scope of the indefinite with res
  986 bytes (148 words) - 07:47, 4 November 2014
• Person
  ...enote the [[speech act participant]]s [[speaker]] and [[hearer]] and their contrast with non-speech act particiants. In some languages, the dimension person is
  1 KB (167 words) - 19:37, 5 January 2008
• Productivity
  ...xt to ''sterility''). We say that -''ness'' is a productive suffix. We can contrast this with the suffix -''th'' which performs the same role, but only for a h
  2 KB (240 words) - 12:54, 20 February 2009
• Extraposition
  ...ch, complement clauses undergo extraposition obligatorily, as shown by the contrast between (v) and (vi).
  2 KB (326 words) - 20:32, 13 February 2009
• Wh-island
  The complement of ''wonder'' in (i)b is a ''wh''-island. The contrast with (i)a serves to show that it is the ''wh''-element ''to whom'' which bl
  1 KB (170 words) - 18:30, 4 September 2014
• Definiteness restriction
  ...erms, a [[weak noun phrase]]. The definiteness restriction is shown by the contrast between (i) and (ii): the [[strong noun phrase]]s in (i) are not compatible
  1 KB (184 words) - 03:30, 18 May 2009
• Specificity condition
  ...worse results than movement out of non-specific NPs. This is shown by the contrast in (i) (showing ''wh''-movement out of a definite NP) and (ii) (''wh''-move
  1 KB (164 words) - 07:59, 4 November 2014

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