linguistic process

Noun
  1. A process involved in human language (synset 113529536)
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: human process - a process in which human beings are involved
    subtypes:
    • agglutination - the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
    • assimilation - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
    • derivation - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
    • dissimilation - a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
    • drift - a process of linguistic change over a period of time
    • fusion - the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
    • infection - (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
    • lexicalisation, lexicalization - the process of making a word to express a concept
    • metathesis - a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
    • deletion, omission - any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
    • synaeresis, syneresis - the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong
  2. The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication (synset 105816565)
    "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
    is a type of: higher cognitive process - cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
    subtypes: reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
    same as: language

Other Searches