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LOGOPHILE | WORDS | WRITER | GRAMMAR
complete index of all pages in the language category and featured word lists.
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LOGOPHILE | WORDS | WRITER | GRAMMAR
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The Logophile Lexicon - Words About Words
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THE LOQUACIOUS LITERARY LOGOPHILE: defining logophile and more in this collection of linguistic, literary & writing words.
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THE WRITER’S CRAFT: the celebration of language as demonstrated in storytelling and the poetic expressions of the writer’s craft.
THE GRAMMAR PRIMER: Flashbacks of English class! This primer offers a reboot of the rules and structure of formal writing.
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From the Logophile Lexicon.
THE WRITER’S CRAFT: the celebration of language as demonstrated in storytelling and the poetic expressions of the writer’s craft.
THE GRAMMAR PRIMER: Flashbacks of English class! This primer offers a reboot of the rules and structure of formal writing.
VISIT THE REFERENCE CORNER: Library of articles defining words and meaning including formation, classification, etymology, writing fiction and composing poetry.
The Study of Words & Meanings
Dancing the Line of the LINGUISTICAL LIMBO
ACTIVE VOCABULARY - the words a person uses for a speech or writing. They understand these words.
DERIVATION - a word that comes from another language.
GRAMMAR - a system of rules which governs the production and usage in a given language.
LANGUAGE - a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication.
LANGUAGE FAMILY - a group of languages that descend from a common ancestor.
LEXICOLOGY - the part of linguistics that studies words. This may include their nature and function as symbols and their meaning.
LEXICON - the vocabulary of a person, language or branch of knowledge like the medical field.
LINGUISTICS - the scientific study of language.
MORPHOLOGY - the study of the formation of words.
PASSIVE VOCABULARY - consists of words a person encounters but are unfamiliar to them so they have to rely on context.
PHILIOLOGY - the study of a language's grammar, history, and literary tradition.
PHONETICS - the study of speech and non-speech sounds, and their acoustics.
PHONOLOGY - the study of speech sounds in their cognitive aspects.
SEMANTICS - the linguistic study of meaning and the relationship between signifiers (words, phrases, signs and symbols).
SYNTAX - the study of the construction of sentences in a language. The formation and composition of phrases and sentences.
TERMINOLOGY - the body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, profession, etc.
TOPONYMY - the study of place names, their origins, meanings, use, and typology.
TYPOLOGY - the classification of languages according to their linguistic trait.
VOCABULARY TYPES - There are four kinds of vocabularies. Reading (words understood when read), writing (words used while writing), listening (words a person recognizes from speech) and speaking (words a person uses to communicate.
WORDS - the smallest elements that can be used in insulation with objective and practical meaning. Words are thought of as the smallest meaningful unit of speech that can stand by themselves.
WORD CLASSES - the parts of speech. These include nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions.
WORD ROOTS - words that do not have a prefix in front of the word or a suffix at the end of the word. The root word is the primary unit of a word and of a word family. It carries the semantic content and can’t be reduced.
DERIVATION - a word that comes from another language.
GRAMMAR - a system of rules which governs the production and usage in a given language.
LANGUAGE - a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication.
LANGUAGE FAMILY - a group of languages that descend from a common ancestor.
LEXICOLOGY - the part of linguistics that studies words. This may include their nature and function as symbols and their meaning.
LEXICON - the vocabulary of a person, language or branch of knowledge like the medical field.
LINGUISTICS - the scientific study of language.
MORPHOLOGY - the study of the formation of words.
PASSIVE VOCABULARY - consists of words a person encounters but are unfamiliar to them so they have to rely on context.
PHILIOLOGY - the study of a language's grammar, history, and literary tradition.
PHONETICS - the study of speech and non-speech sounds, and their acoustics.
PHONOLOGY - the study of speech sounds in their cognitive aspects.
SEMANTICS - the linguistic study of meaning and the relationship between signifiers (words, phrases, signs and symbols).
SYNTAX - the study of the construction of sentences in a language. The formation and composition of phrases and sentences.
TERMINOLOGY - the body of terms used with a particular technical application in a subject of study, profession, etc.
TOPONYMY - the study of place names, their origins, meanings, use, and typology.
TYPOLOGY - the classification of languages according to their linguistic trait.
VOCABULARY TYPES - There are four kinds of vocabularies. Reading (words understood when read), writing (words used while writing), listening (words a person recognizes from speech) and speaking (words a person uses to communicate.
WORDS - the smallest elements that can be used in insulation with objective and practical meaning. Words are thought of as the smallest meaningful unit of speech that can stand by themselves.
WORD CLASSES - the parts of speech. These include nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions.
WORD ROOTS - words that do not have a prefix in front of the word or a suffix at the end of the word. The root word is the primary unit of a word and of a word family. It carries the semantic content and can’t be reduced.
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Words are also posted on twitter under the hashtags #beautifulwords and #wordoftheday and shared visually on pinterest bulletin boards
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