Lesson 1
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peteli13 on September 12, 2011
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Annotation | A critical or explanatory note |
| Appellation | A name, title, or designation |
| Eponym | A person whose name is, or is thought to be, the source of the name of something |
| Linguistics | The study of the nature, structure, and variation of language |
| Malapropism | Ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of similar sound |
| Neologism | A new word, espression, or usage |
| Parlance | A particular manner of speaking |
| Patois | A regional dialect, especially a nonstandard one that has no written tradition |
| Polygot | Using several languages; A person who speaks several languages |
| Vulgar | Of or related to the language of the common people; crude, indecent; offensively excessive in the display of one's self or one's wealth |
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