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  2. Crasis - Wikipedia

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    However, in other cases, like in the Greek examples, crasis is the orthographic representation of the encliticization and the vowel reduction of one grammatical form with another. The difference between them is that the Greek examples involve two grammatical words and a single phonological word , but the French examples involve a single ...

  3. Metonymy - Wikipedia

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    In other words, Isocrates proposes here that metaphor is a distinctive feature of poetic language because it conveys the experience of the world afresh and provides a kind of defamiliarisation in the way the citizens perceive the world. [32] Democritus described metonymy by saying, "Metonymy, that is the fact that words and meaning change."

  4. Linking and intrusive R - Wikipedia

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    Here, "closely" means the following word must be in the same prosodic unit (that is, not separated by a pausa). This phenomenon is known as linking R. Not all non-rhotic accents feature linking R. South African English, African-American Vernacular English and non-rhotic varieties of Southern American English are notable for not using a linking ...

  5. Coupling (computer programming) - Wikipedia

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    In software engineering, coupling is the degree of interdependence between software modules, a measure of how closely connected two routines or modules are, [1] and the strength of the relationships between modules. [2] Coupling is not binary but multi-dimensional. [3] Coupling and cohesion. Coupling is usually contrasted with cohesion.

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Schemes are words or phrases whose syntax, sequence, or pattern occurs in a manner that varies from an ordinary usage. Accumulatio: restating, through accumulation, already said arguments in a concise and forceful manner. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

  7. Semantics - Wikipedia

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    Semantics is the study of meaning in languages. [1] It is a systematic inquiry that examines what linguistic meaning is and how it arises. [2] It investigates how expressions are built up from different layers of constituents, like morphemes, words, clauses, sentences, and texts, and how the meanings of the constituents affect one another. [3]

  8. Got Holiday Stress? Here Are 10 Nighttime Activities to Help ...

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    3. Limit non-sleep activities. From our phones, friends, and work, to our favorite Netflix shows, we receive a lot of stimulation during the day.

  9. Alliteration - Wikipedia

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    There is ample evidence of alliteration in English among the consonant clusters sp-, st-, and sk-, and between those consonant clusters and the initial s-sound. That is to say, words beginning with s-(without a consonant cluster) can alliterate with words beginning with a consonant cluster beginning with s-(such as sp-, st-, and sk-). Examples ...