Definition that contains linguistic process
- root a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- assimilation a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- metathesis a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
- dissimilation a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
- etymon a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- melioration the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning