Term Search for Linguistics

Use this reference tool to find a definition and examples for linguistic terms that are important in the study of the English language.

In column one, you will find the name of the term in English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Italian, and Thai.

In column two, you will find a brief and simple definition or explanation for the term.

In column three, you will find several examples of the term/concept.