The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics

abstract accent accounts adjective adverb affix airstream mechanism alphabet anaphora articulation attested basic Binding Theory Bloomfield branch called century Chomsky Chomsky’s clause clitic complement consonant construction context defined definition deixis derived developed dialect distinct distinguished element English especially Family oflanguages feature field first flow French function German Government and Binding Greek Hence identified implicature includes individual Indo-European infinitive inflection influence interrogative intonation Latin lexical unit lexicon linguistics Mary meaning modifies morpheme morphology morphophonology node noun phrase object ofa language official ofwords opposed participle particular passive phonetic phonology phrase structure rules phrase structure tree place of articulation plural position predicate preposition principle Principles and Parameters pronoun realized reference reflect relation representation represented role rule seen semantic sense sound speakers specific speech spoken mainly subordinate suffix syllable syntax tense term Thence tone traditionally transformational grammar Universal Grammar utterance verb voice vowel word