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artificial languages
artificial languages languages that are invented by one or more human beings as opposed to languages that develop naturally among peoples. Examples of artificial languages are Volapük, Esperanto , and Ido . See international language . ... Read more
Gaelic
Gaelic , or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages ; Irish language . ... Read more
Goidelic
Goidelic , or Gaelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages ; Irish language . ... Read more
Iranian languages
Iranian languages group of languages belonging to the Indo-Iranian family of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ... Read more
universal language
universal language a language intended to further communication and goodwill among peoples speaking different languages without necessarily replacing their native tongues. See international language . ... Read more
Hamitic languages
Hamitic languages subfamily of the Hamito-Semitic family of languages, a now-abandoned system of classification for languages of N Africa and SW Asia. The Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and (sometimes) Chadic languages were formerly classified as Hamitic languages. See Afroasiatic languages . ... Read more
grammar
grammar description of the structure of a language, consisting of the sounds (see phonology ); the meaningful combinations of these sounds into words or parts of words, called morphemes; and the arrangement of the morphemes into phrases and sentences, called syntax. School grammars for the speaker... Read more
Assamese
Assamese , language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ... Read more
Gujarati
Gujarati , language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian languages. ... Read more
Cornish
Cornish language belonging to the Brythonic group of the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages . Bibliography: See P. B. Ellis, The Cornish Language and Its Literature (1974). ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "synthetic language"

SYNTHETIC
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language SYNTHETIC. A term in LINGUISTICS for a language in which words tend to be composed out of two or more grammatical units, as in Latin amabamus (we loved), which combines ‘love’, past , first person , plural . English has such synthetic words as unfindable (unfind-able) and repainted ... Read more
LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...also found. Alternatively, languages may be classified morphologically...within a word: analytic languages (ideally, one morpheme...per word) are opposed to synthetic languages (two or more morphemes...morphemes per word. Inflected languages are a variety of synthetic language ... Read more
grammar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...account common usage and they do not differentiate language styles and levels, such as formal or colloquial; standard...the same environment in a sentence. One method of language classification is based on structure; languages are classified according to the degree of synthesis, or the number of ... Read more
Willard Van Orman Quine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...regimentation of ordinary language. On June 25, 1908, W. V. Quine...entities. He contended that language consists of dispositions...the validity of the analytic-synthetic distinction. According to...or formal rules within the language in which the statement is... Read more
LALLANS
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...Renaissance movement in preference to Synthetic Scots , a term coined in the 1920s for...Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: I' the how-dumb-deid o' the cauld hairst...in Lallans , the journal of the Scots Language Society (1973– ). See DORIC... Read more
W. V. Quine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...deals with the implications of viewing language as a logical system. He disputed the...Immanuel Kant, between analytic and synthetic statements. He argued that any statement...adjustments are made elsewhere in a language's system of reference. Quine drew attention to ontic commitments in language ... Read more
MacDIARMID, Hugh
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...recorded in Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1808), prompted him to experiment with a Synthetic Scots, first for short lyrics, then for extended metaphysical...medieval times. His success in revitalizing poetry in the language has been marked. Read more
perfume
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...x2019;. Most modern perfumes are alcohol-based and contain synthetic scents. While the term ‘perfume’ usually refers to fragrances in general, in the more technical language of the perfumer, a perfume must contain over 15% of fragrance... Read more
Gottlob Frege
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...now exerts a great influence on the philosophy of logic and language. Gottlob Frege was born on Nov. 8, 1848, at Wismar. He began...upon the Kantian interpretation of mathematical judgments as synthetic a priori. Frege also made important contributions to the philosophy... Read more
Ukraine
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...Ukrainian is an Indo-European language of the Eastern Slavic group...phonetic; its grammar is synthetic, conveying information through...of Ukrainian and Russian languages, is a by-product of Soviet...based on Ukrainian and Polish languages existed in western Ukraine...Ukrainian spoken as a native ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "synthetic language"

synthetic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...esp. to imitate a natural product: synthetic rubber. ∎  (of an emotion...insincere: their tears are a bit synthetic. ∎  Logic (of a proposition...x220E;  Linguistics (of a language) characterized by the use of inflections...and analytic . • n. (often synthetics ... Read more
analytic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...its denial would be a self-contradiction. Compare with synthetic . ∎  Linguistics (of a language) tending not to alter the form of its words and to use...express grammatical structure. Often contrasted with synthetic . Read more
Everything but the Girl
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...After a few releases of jazz-inflected pop ( Eden, The Language of Life, Worldwide ), Thorn began lending vocals to the...shows how the band has honed its sound, undergirding the synthetic patina of electronic music with solid songwriting skills. SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY: The Language of Life (Atlantic, ... Read more
Cubism
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Cubism’ had entered the English language. The word is undoubtedly apposite for...Analytical Cubism (1909–11) and Synthetic Cubism (1912–14). In the ‘...incorporating everyday ephemera—ushered in Synthetic Cubism. This reversed the compositional... Read more
Beck
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...soul music, the agile rhymes and rhythms of hip-hop, or the synthetic programming tools that allow him to weave and splice samples...strung together; others recognize Beck's intent to play with language and create a jumbled, free-form poetry over guitar, drum machines... Read more
Comte, Auguste
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology ...specified its overcoming as the purpose of sociology, which as the synthetic and therefore the most difficult of the sciences he dubbed...of individuality, family structure, the division of labour, language, and religion. He organized his discussion of these topics... Read more

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Synthetic rifle stocks capture large market.
Magazine article from: Shooting Industry; 1/1/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...few foreign makers, offer at least one model with a synthetic stock. Names like Winchester, Weatherby. Remington, and Sako are attached to synthetic stocks. Seeing this, the shooting public want's synthetic for itself. And third is price. Until recently, if a shooter wanted a synthetic stock, he ... Read more
Power hungry: market for synthetic aviation fuels off to a shaky start.(Aviation Energy)
Magazine article from: National Defense; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...hampering efforts to stimulate the growth of a fledging synthetic jet fuel market. While the development of alternative...the United States has exploded in recent years, for synthetic aviation fuels, progress has been much slower. The...of the first companies to announce plans to build synthetic aviation ... Read more
Thalidomide:.(A synthetic drug removed from sale because it caused abnormalities in developing fetuses.)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 7/1/2006; 141 words ; THALIDOMIDE (A synthetic drug removed from sale because it caused abnormalities in developing...His mind quick to respond to various points of view. His use of language compelling to listen to. By mistake he dropped a cigarette on to... Read more
Synthetic Worlds.(Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Art Monthly; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Esther Leslie, Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry, Reaktion, London...initials BASF stand for Badische Anilin--& Soda-Fabrik). Colour language is necessarily an area of study, and the lists of new colours and... Read more
Wire sculpture & the language of forms.
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...famous 20th-century artist, abstract sculpture and the language of form. With young children we place great emphasis...images than with the accompanying text. Sadly, this other language of images begins to wane in significance as real reading...designed to reawaken students' understanding of the language ... Read more
Air-traffic controller voices made synthetic. (Tech Talk).
Magazine article from: National Defense; 1/1/2003; ; 103 words ; ...failures and emergency landings. The voices also will be used to provide responses from ground vehicles and radar controllers. The software offers a selection of male and female voices, with different languages, regional accents and speaking styles. Read more
The art of harmony in 13 languages.(Madrigaia)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...included folk songs from around the world sung in the languages of origin--13 languages represented to perfection. To achieve this, the group...mean they won't take pointers from true masters of the language, meaning the crowds of fans they are singing to in the...personal. Accurately reproducing a song ... Read more
On the effectiveness of options in grammar teaching: translating theory and research into classroom practice.(Linguistics)
Magazine article from: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...grammar-translation to communicative language teaching For centuries foreign language pedagogy relied on a sequential...Wilkins (1976) terms the synthetic approach to syllabus design...the mastery of the target language, and, therefore, the predominantly...still focus on specific language ... Read more
CEPSTRAL UNVEILS GLOBAL VOICES WITH EXPANDED CAPABILITIES.
Newspaper article from: Audiotex Update; 4/1/2004; 335 words ; ...company that builds synthetic voices that enable...voices in four new languages, including Canadian...sounding voices across languages spoken by over...to analyze the languages involved, but to...most realistic synthetic voices available...total number of languages that Cepstral ... Read more
Industry corner: world rubber and tire. (Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Business Economics; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...containers. 2. Any of numerous synthetic elastic materials of varying...Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Boston, Houghton...impact globally as natural and synthetic rubber. The source of the...Polymers are the family of synthetic compounds of high molecular...influence, marketing, ... Read more