CONCEPTS

Here I am uploading the definitions of some of the concepts we worked on class:

Layperson noun A person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.

Shibboleth noun A custom, word, etc. That distinguishes one group of people from another.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.

Synchronic adj. Relating to a language as it is at a particular point in time.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.

Diachronic adj. Relating to the way a language has developed over time.

2005. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7^th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1^st edition 1948.