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  2. Marker (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Analytic languages tend to have a relatively limited number of markers. Markers should be distinguished from the linguistic concept of markedness . An unmarked form is the basic "neutral" form of a word, typically used as its dictionary lemma , such as—in English—for nouns the singular (e.g. cat versus cats ), and for verbs the infinitive ...

  3. Negative number - Wikipedia

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    This thermometer is indicating a negative Fahrenheit temperature (−4 °F). In mathematics, a negative number is the opposite (mathematics) of a positive real number. [1] Equivalently, a negative number is a real number that is less than zero. Negative numbers are often used to represent the magnitude of a loss or deficiency.

  4. Grammatical aspect - Wikipedia

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    ki’ere NEG. PST vau 1. SG i PFV haere go i PREP te ART fare house ki’ere vau i haere i te fare NEG.PST 1.SG PFV go PREP ART house 'I did not go to a house.' Non-past negative (Regular negative) kāre kāre NEG. NPST tā-koe ART - 2SG puta book kāre tā-koe puta NEG.NPST ART-2SG book 'You don't have your book.' (Lit. 'Your book doesn't exist') Hawaiian The Hawaiian language conveys aspect ...

  5. Nature connectedness - Wikipedia

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    Nature connectedness (as a construct) is also known as nature relatedness, connectivity with nature, emotional affinity toward nature, or inclusion of nature in self. Although nature relatedness is a stable individual trait, it can change based on one's experience with nature, [ 8 ] meaning the more time an individual spends in nature, the more ...

  6. Grammatical number - Wikipedia

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    In a minimal/unit augmented/augmented system, augmented means more than two for 1st exclusive, 2nd, and 3rd, and means more than three for 1st inclusive. Besides Ilocano, languages considered to have a minimal/augmented pronoun system include Tagalog , [ 219 ] [ 220 ] Maranao , [ 221 ] Maskelynes , [ 222 ] and Ho-Chunk . [ 223 ]

  7. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    Two examples of affirmation include (1) John is here already [4] and (2) I am a moral person. [5] These two sentences are truth statements, and serve as a representation of affirmation in English. The negated versions can be formed as the statements (1 NEG) John is not here already and (2 NEG) I am not a moral person. (1) a.

  8. Apophenia - Wikipedia

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    Apophenia (/ æ p oʊ ˈ f iː n i ə /) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things. [1]The term (German: Apophänie from the Greek verb ἀποφαίνειν (apophaínein)) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia.

  9. Tone (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. [1] All oral languages use pitch to express emotional and other para-linguistic information and to convey emphasis, contrast and other such features in what is called intonation, but not all languages use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously ...