[{"n": "Language acquisition", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-acquisition/", "s": "The process by which humans gain language capacity."}, {"n": "Language change", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-change/", "s": "The continuous alteration of language features over time."}, {"n": "Language development", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-development/", "s": "Language development proceeds through learning and innate capacities."}, {"n": "Language game", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-game/", "s": "Spoken word manipulation systems for concealed communication."}, {"n": "Language isolate", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-isolate/", "s": "A language family with only one known member."}, {"n": "Language preservation", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/language-preservation/", "s": "Efforts to maintain endangered or dead languages for future study."}, {"n": "Lenition", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/lenition/", "s": "A sound change that weakens consonants."}, {"n": "Lexicology", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/lexicology/", "s": "Study of words, their meanings, origins, and relationships."}, {"n": "Linguistic description", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/linguistic-description/", "s": "Objective study of how language is actually used."}, {"n": "Linguistic relativity", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/linguistic-relativity/", "s": "Language shapes thought without strictly determining it."}, {"n": "Linguistic typology", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/linguistic-typology/", "s": "Classifies languages by structural features, not historical descent."}, {"n": "Loanword", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/loanword/", "s": "A word assimilated from one language into another."}, {"n": "Metathesis (linguistics)", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/metathesis-linguistics/", "s": "Transposition of sounds or syllables in words or sentences."}, {"n": "Morpheme", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/morpheme/", "s": "Smallest meaningful unit of linguistic expression."}, {"n": "Morphology (linguistics)", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/morphology-linguistics/", "s": "Study of word structure and formation in language."}, {"n": "Morphophonology", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/morphophonology/", "s": "Branch of linguistics studying sound changes in morphemes."}, {"n": "Multilingualism", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/multilingualism/", "s": "Multilingualism is the use of more than one language by individuals or groups."}, {"n": "Neologism", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/neologism/", "s": "A newly formed word gaining mainstream acceptance."}, {"n": "Neurolinguistics", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/neurolinguistics/", "s": "Study of brain mechanisms controlling language comprehension, production, and acquisition."}, {"n": "Nominalization", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/nominalization/", "s": "Nominalization turns verbs, adjectives, or adverbs into nouns."}, {"n": "Onomatopoeia", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/onomatopoeia/", "s": "Words that phonetically imitate the sounds they refer to."}, {"n": "Part of speech", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/part-of-speech/", "s": "A category of words with similar grammatical properties."}, {"n": "Past tense", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/past-tense/", "s": "A grammatical tense that places actions or situations in the past."}, {"n": "Pejorative", "u": "/e/linguistic-concepts-and-phenomena/pejorative/", "s": "A term expressing negative or disrespectful connotation."}]