Thesaurus Dictionary
Synonyms and antonyms of General grammatical and linguistic terms in British Thesaurus
General grammatical and linguistic terms
concordance (noun)
a list produced by a computer that shows every example of a particular word that is used in the books, newspapers etc stored on the computer
conversation analysis (noun)
analysis of the ways in which speakers interact in conversation. Conversation analysis is sometimes called CA.
descriptive (adjective)
linguistics describing how people use a language rather than stating how they should use it
grammarian (noun)
grammatical (adjective)
hypercorrection (noun)
the use of incorrect grammar or pronunciation by someone who is trying to show that they know how to use correct grammar or pronunciation. An example of this is saying ‘between you and I’ instead of ‘between you and me’.
implicature (noun)
formallinguistics something that can be concluded from something someone says, but is not a condition for it to be true
paralinguistics (noun)
the study of non-linguistic means of vocal and non-vocal communication, for example voice quality, intonation, gesture etc
prescriptive (adjective)
linguistics stating how people should use a language rather than describing how they really use it
sentential (adjective)
universal grammar (noun)
word order (noun)
the sequence in which words generally occur, especially in a clause or sentence