💬Discourse

Language use beyond the sentence in context.

🔍Discourse Analysis

The study of language use in social contexts.

🌱Dynamic Character

A character who undergoes significant internal change during the course of a story.

🆘Endangered Language

A language at risk of falling out of use.

⏳Etymology

The study of the origin and history of words.

🎭Figurative Language

Language that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, and personification to create meaning beyond the literal.

1️⃣First Language

The language a person learns from birth.

📄Flat Character

A simple character defined by a single trait or idea, often lacking depth.

⚧Gender

A grammatical category that classifies nouns into groups.

📖Grammar

The set of rules governing the structure of a language.

🔡Grapheme

The smallest unit of a writing system.

👯Homonym

A word that shares spelling or pronunciation with another.

🌂Hypernym

A broad term that encompasses more specific words.

📦Hyponym

A word whose meaning is included in that of a broader term.

👤Idiolect

The unique language use of an individual speaker.

🎭Idiom

A phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from its words.

⚡Inciting Incident

The event that sets the main conflict of a story in motion.

👁️Indirect Characterization

The method of revealing a character’s personality through actions, speech, and appearance rather than direct statement.

↔️Infix

An affix inserted within a word.

🔀Inflection

The modification of a word to express grammatical features.

📈Intonation

The variation of pitch in spoken language.

🔧Jargon

Specialized vocabulary used by a particular group or profession.

🗣️Language

A system of symbols and rules used for communication within a culture.

👶Language Acquisition

The process by which humans learn to use language.

🤝Language Contact

The interaction between speakers of different languages.

💀Language Death

The extinction of a language when its speakers disappear.

🌱Language Revitalization

Efforts to revive and maintain an endangered language.

🔄Language Shift

The process by which a community adopts a new language.

❓Lexical Ambiguity

Uncertainty in meaning due to a word having multiple senses.

🔤Lexicology

The study of words and their meanings.