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The ellipsis ( / əˈlɪpsɪs / ), rendered ..., alternatively described as suspension points / dots, or points / periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot, [not verified in body][ 1][ 2] are punctuation marks consisting of a series of three dots. An ellipsis can be used in many ways, including for intentional omission of text or to ...
Ellipsis (linguistics) In linguistics, ellipsis (from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis) 'omission') or an elliptical construction is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements. There are numerous distinct types of ellipsis acknowledged in theoretical syntax.
A speech error, commonly referred to as a slip of the tongue[ 1] ( Latin: lapsus linguae, or occasionally self-demonstratingly, lipsus languae) or misspeaking, is a deviation (conscious or unconscious) from the apparently intended form of an utterance. [ 2] They can be subdivided into spontaneously and inadvertently produced speech errors and ...
For the distinction between [ ], / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. [ 1] An archetypal nasal sound is [n] .
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.). [ 1][ 2] In the distinction between literal and figurative language, figures of speech constitute the latter.
Example: Alan Turing was a computer scientist ante litteram, since the field of "computer science" was not yet recognized in Turing's day. ante meridiem (a.m.) before midday: From midnight to noon; confer post meridiem: ante mortem: before death: See post mortem ("after death") ante omnia armari: before all else, be armed: ante prandium (a.p ...
Elision. In linguistics, an elision or deletion is the omission of one or more sounds (such as a vowel, a consonant, or a whole syllable) in a word or phrase. However, these terms are also used to refer more narrowly to cases where two words are run together by the omission of a final sound. [ 1] An example is the elision of word-final /t/ in ...
A sound change, in historical linguistics, is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic change) or a more general change to the speech sounds that exist (phonological change), such as the merger of two sounds or the creation of a new sound.