General scientific terms

Linguistic terms	General scientific terms
linguistics	major/degree, to major in smthg; minor
linguist	(sub)field
multilingual (polylingual); polyglot	umbrella (term)
native speaker/language bearer	(un)conscious; subconscious; consciousness
fluent; fluency; to speak fluently	range; scope
to communicate a message	interact(-ion)
to learn/acquire a language; language acquisition	cooperate; cooperation; collaborate; collaboration
language faculty	insight(ful)
language/speech community	issue
language pedagogy	cognitive science
applied linguists	ability/capacity; skill
foreign/ second/ auxiliary language	analytic reasoning
crosslanguage	observe; observation
language-related	to formulate/test a hypothesis; -es; hypothetical
forensic linguistics	make/draw a conclusion/conclude
background in linguistics	artificial intelligence
related languages	assess(ment)
cognate	proficiency; proficient
language family/stock	to conduct/carry out a survey/research
parent language	to qualify for
Proto-Indo-European; proto-language	to convey/render information
to utter; utterance	be derived/originate from
first/native language; mother tongue	innate
elocution; eloquent; eloquence	controversial
pattern	continuity
language variations	crucial
literary standard	co-opt
lingua franca	predisposition to
psycholinguistics (psychology of language); developmental psycholinguistics	uniform
meaningful	(un)intelligible
syntax	scanty knowledge
semantics	be concerned/associated with/related to
strings of words	school of thought
jargon of a trade	hold (about a viewpoint)
proverb, saying	underpinnings
catch phrase	cohesion; cohesive
verbal work of art	deal with/handle
increments in meaning	assert(ion)
rhyme	assume; assumption
phraseological unit	entail
figurative; figure of speech	complement
imagery devices	constraint/restriction
colloquial	enable smb do smthg
translinguistics	further one’s knowledge
linguistic variation	underlie
derivative	phenomenon; -a
extinct language	nucleus
imply; implication	depict
Slavic	trend; tendency
Romance	contemporary
Germanic	elaborate; elaboration
language arts	coin a term
textual linguistics	overshadow
artistic speech	debatable
play upon words (pun)	approach to; method; technique
word formation	make a contribution to/contribute to
bilingualism	systemic analysis
vocabulary	coincide; coincidence
inflection	correspond to/with; correspondence
Old Church Slavonic language	underlie
to master a language "	detect(-ion)
hard target" language	consider(-ation)
pronunciation, pronounce	subfield
	provide with; provision
	specialized training
	to some extent/degree
	solve a problem; solution
	shed light on
	to process
	flexible; flexibility
	perceive; perception

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