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What to call an adjective that is a participle of a verb that is no longer used?

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What do you call (the fact that languages are not always one-to-one in their labellings)?

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Are there single-word and generally accepted terms for the referents of the arguments in comparative clauses?

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Is there a concept to describe “a way of saying something that is incorrect, but occurs frequently due to the speaker speaking a second language”?

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Are two words cognate if they ultimately come from the same root but have different roots in more recent languages?

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What is the term for referring to a brand in place of the product

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As a relatively proficient heritage speaker, should I consider myself a “native” speaker, or something else?

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What's the name of the process in which a word acquires new meanings?

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