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Referent
A referent is the word to which another word in a sentence or text refers. It is an important… -
Register
When context results in a commonly recognisable language variety to be produced, the resulting style… -
Repossession
Repossession is a linguistic term used in the study of language change. It is used to describe a… -
Relative clause
An important type of clause (a group of words built around a subject and verb) that is a variety of… -
Root words
A free morpheme to which can be added a affix (a prefix or suffix) that acts to change the root…
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