List: linguistics
Terms used in the study of the languages.
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- twin talk, twin speech, cryptophasia, idioglossia
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- old people's talk, sociolect of the elderly, dated language
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (esp. used by homosexual men)
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- secret language used in the postwar Showa period where certain words are read backwards
rare term linguistics noun noun (generic)
- acrolect
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- subdialect
rare term linguistics noun noun (generic)
- basilect
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- early modern Japanese, Japanese as spoken during the Edo period
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- click consonant, click, click sound, suction stop
linguistics noun noun (generic)
- speech sound