French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	dispositif modulaire
	disposition1
	disposition2
	dissimilation
	dissyllabe
	dissyllabique
	distance
	distinctif
	distinction
	distinctivité
	distinguer
	distorsion
	distributif1
	distributif2
	distribution

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distinctive

Fr    distinctif, oppositif, oppositionnel, pertinent₁

adj

Synonym(s): contrastive₂

Antonym(s): contrastive₁

Related term(s): characteristic, phonemic

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Benveniste 1971[trans.]: 20; Collinge 1990: 35; Crystal 2001: 92; Dell 1980[trans.]: 83 (distinctive specification); Ducrot & Todorov 1979[trans.]: 171 (distinctive characteristics); Hamp 1963: 26; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 69-70; MacKay 1989: 160, 206 (also "phonemic"); Matthews 1997: 102; Nash 1968: 61; Weinreich 1980: 286

Sub-entries:

• distinctive feature
• distinctive function
• distinctive opposition
• distinctive semantic feature
• distinctive tone

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English word list

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	dispositio
	disposition
	disprove
	dissimilation
	distal
	distant
	distinction
	distinctive
	distinctive feature
	distinctive tone
	distinctiveness
	distinguish
	distinguisher
	distortion
	distributed

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