tɜr adjective
1.
noun
2.
Linguistics. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.
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| —adj | |
| alternating | |
| [C17: from French, from Latin alternāre to | |
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Alternant
is always a great word to know.
So is semantics. Does it mean:
| the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form |
| the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers |
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