GENERAL AUSTRALIAN
GENERAL AUSTRALIAN. A term, especially in LINGUISTICS, for the pronunciation used by most Australians. See AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH.
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British English , BRITISH ENGLISH Short from BrE. The English language as used in Britain. The phrase contrasts with kinds of ENGLISH used elsewhere, and especially wi… Generic , GENERIC
generic •Amharic, barbaric, Garrick, Pindaric, samsaric •fabric • cambric • Aelfric • chivalric •geriatric, paediatric (US pediatric), Patric… Generalization , GENERALIZATION. A process of SEMANTIC CHANGE that widens the meaning of a WORD, PHRASE, or LEXEME. In Middle English, pigeon meant a young bird, espe… Norse , NORSE Also Old Norse, Scandinavian, and (with particular reference to its use in England) DANISH. The SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES in an early, relatively… generative , gen·er·a·tive / ˈjenərətiv; -ˌrātiv;/ • adj. of or relating to reproduction. ∎ able to produce: the generative power of the life force. ∎ Linguistics… Generation , In its most widely accepted modern sense, a generation is comprised of a group of people born around the same time and sharing certain formative expe…
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