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appellation
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N; a name or title that distinguishes or identifies
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diphthong
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N; a speech sound that consists of either two vowels or a vowel and a semivowel (such as "y") contained in a single syllable
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eponym
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N; a person for whom something is or is thought to be named
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linguistics
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N; the study of human speech, especially its components, structure, and nature, and how it changes
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neologism
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N; a newly made-up word, phrase or expression
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parlance
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N; a particular manner or kind of speech
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patois
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N; a dialect other than the standard dialect of a language, especially a regional or uneducated form of speech/the distinctive language of a special group; jargon
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polyglot
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Adj; consisting of many groups speaking different languages/speaking or writing several languages/containing elements or material from different languages
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solecism
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N; the ungrammatical usage of a word or construction of a sentence/a violation of good manners or good taste/something out of the normal or proper order
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vulgar
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N; spoken by or using the language spoken by the common people rather than literary, cultured, or learned people;vernacular/of or associated with common people/lacking taste or delicacy; coarse/conspicuous and excessive; pretentious
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