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  2. Nonsense - Wikipedia

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    Nonsense is a form of communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning.In ordinary usage, nonsense is sometimes synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous.

  3. Pseudoword - Wikipedia

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    A pseudoword is a unit of speech or text that appears to be an actual word in a certain language, while in fact it has no meaning.It is a specific type of nonce word, or even more narrowly a nonsense word, composed of a combination of phonemes which nevertheless conform to the language's phonotactic rules. [1]

  4. Meaning (non-linguistic) - Wikipedia

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    Non-linguistic (or pre-linguistic) meaning is a type of meaning not mediated or perceived through linguistic signs.. In linguistics, the concept is used in discussions.It is whether about such meaning is different from meaning expressed through language (i.e. semantics), It is also Interesting, should play a role in linguistic theory, or to which extent thought and conceptualization is ...

  5. Nondualism - Wikipedia

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    Kashmir Shaivism is a school of Śaivism, described by Abhinavagupta [note 9] as "paradvaita", meaning "the supreme and absolute non-dualism". [136] It is categorized by various scholars as monistic [137] idealism (absolute idealism, theistic monism, [138] realistic idealism, [139] transcendental physicalism or concrete monism [139 ...

  6. Non sequitur (literary device) - Wikipedia

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    A non sequitur (English: / n ɒ n ˈ s ɛ k w ɪ t ər / non SEK-wit-ər, Classical Latin: [noːn ˈsɛkᶣɪtʊr]; "[it] does not follow") is a conversational literary device, often used for comedic purposes. It is something said that, because of its apparent lack of meaning relative to what preceded it, [1] seems absurd to the point of being ...

  7. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    Non-lexical vocables, which may be mixed with meaningful text, are a form of nonsense syllable used in a wide variety of music. Common English examples are "la la la", "na na na" and "da da da". Common English examples are "la la la", "na na na" and "da da da".

  8. Nonce word - Wikipedia

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    pseudoword: a nonsense word that still follows the phonotactics of a particular language and is therefore pronounceable, feeling to native speakers like a possible word (for example, in English, blurk is a pseudoword, but bldzkg is a nonword); thus, pseudowords follow a language's phonetic rules but have no meaning [10] ghost word: a nonce word ...

  9. Morpheme - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the word happiness, the addition of the bound morpheme -ness to the root happy changes the word from an adjective (happy) to a noun (happiness). In the word unkind, un-functions as a derivational morpheme since it inverts the meaning of the root morpheme (word) kind. Generally, morphemes that affix to a root morpheme (word) are ...