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Is there such thing as a 'hyperphrase'?

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Antiphrasis vs. Auto-antonymy

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Zeugma with particles?

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Word for synonyms with different degree

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Do grammatically close languages tend to begin to use literal translations of some words in other senses in that other language?

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Agentive vs Intentional vs Volitional

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What's the difference between lexeme and lexical item?

terminology morphology lexemes

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What's the name for using a letter to represent its name's sound?

phonetics terminology

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Who was the first to call noun classes “genders”?

terminology history nouns gender noun-classes

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What is the classification of semantics into literal and figurative meanings called?

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Second and third language “search”

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Reversal of kinship terms when speaking to a child

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What motivated the definition of Theme in Semantics?

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Loanwords with different meanings from original language?

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