Medial (disambiguation) — Medial has several meanings: In mathematics, a medial is a set with a binary operation satisfying certain properties, see medial. In anatomy, a medial is an adjective describing structures near the midline of an animal, see anatomical terms of… … Wikipedia
linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… … Universalium
Cantonais Standard — Le cantonais standard est une variété, généralement considérée comme une variété de prestige du cantonais. Elle est parlée par les natifs des villes du Guangzhou, Hong Kong, et Macao dans le Sud de la République populaire de Chine, et dans les… … Wikipédia en Français
Cantonais standard — Le cantonais (ou cantonnais, variante admise) standard est une variété du cantonais, généralement considérée comme sa variété de prestige. Elle est parlée par les natifs des villes de Canton, Hong Kong et Macao dans le sud de la Chine, et dans… … Wikipédia en Français
LINGUISTIC LITERATURE, HEBREW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction foreword the beginning of linguistic literature linguistic literature and its background the development of linguistic literature Foreword: A Well Defined Unit the four… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW GRAMMAR — The following entry is divided into two sections: an Introduction for the non specialist and (II) a detailed survey. [i] HEBREW GRAMMAR: AN INTRODUCTION There are four main phases in the history of the Hebrew language: the biblical or classical,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Syllable — For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a… … Wikipedia
Old Chinese phonology — The phonology of Old Chinese describes the language reflected by the rhymes of the Shijing and the phonetic components of Chinese characters, corresponding to the earlier half of the 1st millennium BC. Scholars have attempted to reconstruct the… … Wikipedia
Nuxálk language — Nuxálk Bella Coola Spoken in Canada Region Bella Coola area, Central Coast region, British Columbia Native speakers 20 … Wikipedia
Historical Chinese phonology — deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past. As Chinese is written with logographic characters, not alphabetic or syllabary, the methods employed in Historical Chinese phonology differ considerably from those employed in, for… … Wikipedia