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SOME CONCEPTS |
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Shibboleth |
formal a belief or custom that is not now considered as
important and correct as it was in the past
They still cling to many of
the old shibboleths of education.
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Layperson |
someone
who is part of a religious organization but who is not paid or specially
trained
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Synchronic |
adj.
Relating to
a language as it is at a particular point in time.
2005. Oxford
Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7th edition.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1st edition 1948
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Diachronic |
adj. Relating
to the way a language has developed over time.
2005. Oxford
Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. 7th edition.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1st edition 1948.
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Penoc |
little
hill (in garlic)
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To flock: |
fly together/
sound of a ship
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Disglossia |
when
two languages cohexist
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A wyf |
a servant
woman
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Beck |
stream
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Starving |
very
cold
