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  2. Mutual intelligibility - Wikipedia

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    Mutual intelligibility is sometimes used to distinguish languages from dialects, although sociolinguistic factors are often also used. Intelligibility between varieties can be asymmetric; that is, speakers of one variety may be able to better understand another than vice versa. An example of this is the case between Afrikaans and Dutch. It is ...

  3. Lexical similarity - Wikipedia

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    The variations due to differing wordlists weigh on this. For example, lexical similarity between French and English is considerable in lexical fields relating to culture, whereas their similarity is smaller as far as basic (function) words are concerned. Unlike mutual intelligibility, lexical similarity can only be symmetrical.

  4. Intelligibility - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Intelligibility may refer to: Mutual intelligibility ...

  5. Language border - Wikipedia

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    The concept of mutual intelligibility is vague. More important, it can be difficult for non-native speakers to distinguish one language from another similar one. Furthermore, there is no clear definition of what constitutes a language: for instance some languages share writing systems but are spoken differently, while others are identical when spoken but are written using differen

  6. Sociogram - Wikipedia

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    Individuals who choose each other are known to have made a mutual choice. One-way choice refers to individuals who choose someone but the choice is not reciprocated. Cliques are groups of three or more people within a larger group who all choose each other (mutual choice). Sociograms are the charts or tools used to find the sociometry of a ...

  7. Relational frame theory - Wikipedia

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    Relational frame theory (RFT) is a psychological theory of human language, cognition, and behaviour.It was developed originally by Steven C. Hayes of University of Nevada, Reno [1] and has been extended in research, notably by Dermot Barnes-Holmes and colleagues of Ghent University.

  8. Mutual intelligibilty - Wikipedia

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    Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Mutual intelligibilty

  9. ISO 639 macrolanguage - Wikipedia

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    Basically, ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 use different criteria for dividing language varieties into languages, 639-2 uses shared writing systems and literature more whereas 639-3 focuses on mutual intelligibility and shared lexicon. The macrolanguages exist within the ISO 639-3 code set to make mapping between the two sets easier.