http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments Comments for the list 'Linguistics' http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments Thanks for those. I don't think lisguistic jargon is any more or less pretentious than any other technical field. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments Not to mention <a href="/words/fricative">fricative</a>, <a href="/words/labiodental">labiodental</a>, <a href="/words/guttural">guttural</a>, <a href="/words/palatal">palatal</a>, <a href="/words/alveolar">alveolar</a>, <a href="/words/velar">velar</a>, <a href="/words/uvular">uvular</a>, <a href="/words/pharyngeal">pharyngeal</a>. The <a href="/words/lexicon">lexicon</a> of linguistic terms is truly incomprehensible and pretentious. It's as if linguists want to make sure no one outside of linguistics can understand what they're talking about. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:23:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments What about <a href="/words/assimilation">assimilation</a>, <a href="/words/dissimilation">dissimilation</a>, <a href="/words/metathesis">metathesis</a>, <a href="/words/apocope">apocope</a>, <a href="/words/syncope">syncope</a>, <a href="/words/palatalization">palatalization</a>, <a href="/words/declension">declension</a>? Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:01:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/linguistics#comments