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51linguistics — /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… …
52Arabic literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Arabic language. The tradition of Arabic literature stretches back some 16 centuries to unrecorded beginnings in the Arabian Peninsula. At certain points in the development of… …
53Learning to read — Part of a series on Reading …
54Autism — This article is about the classic autistic disorder; some writers use the word autism when referring to the range of disorders on the autism spectrum or to the various pervasive developmental disorders.[1] Autism …
55Asperger syndrome — Classification and external resources …
56Sign (semiotics) — In semiotics, a sign is something that stands for something else, to someone in some capacity [Marcel Danesi and Paul Perron, Analyzing Cultures .] . It may be understood as a discrete unit of meaning, and includes words, images, gestures, scents …
57Burney Relief — The Burney Relief, named after a former owner, is the common term for an early 2nd millennium BC (ca. 1950 BC) Mesopotamian (Babylonian, not Sumerian or Assyrian, as sometimes described) terracotta relief of a nude winged goddess like figure with …
58Semantic analysis (linguistics) — In linguistics, semantic analysis is the process of relating syntactic structures, from the levels of phrases, clauses, sentences and paragraphs to the level of the writing as a whole, to their language independent meanings, removing features… …
59Glossary of rhetorical terms — Rhetorical Theory is a subject rife with jargon and special terminology. This page explains commonly used rhetorical terms in alphabetical order. The brief definitions here are intended to serve as a quick reference rather than an in depth… …
60'Pataphysics — Jarry in Alfortville Pataphysics (French: pataphysique) is a philosophy or pseudophilosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. The term was coined and the concept created by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907),… …
