John McWhorter
linguist, professor
Columbia linguist who makes the mechanics of language riveting, explaining etymology and morphology with infectious enthusiasm and precision.
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n. 1 the branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants; 2 the branch of linguistics that deals with word structure
The morphology of slang is constantly evolving.
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n. a dictionary
Adding a new word to the mental lexicon is a joy.
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n. Now Rare orderly or systematic arrangementGram; Linguis. the arrangement of and relationships among words; phrases; and clauses forming sentences; sentence structure the study of thisComput. the structure of statements in a computer languag
Syntax is the scaffolding of human thought.
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n. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes
Phonology dictates how we perceive music in speech.
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