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'''phonetic''' (of languages) - written in a script that approaches a phonetic transcription. | '''phonetic''' (of languages) - written in a script that approaches a phonetic transcription. | ||
'''strident''' - a poorly defined term which encompasses sibilants, affricates and whatever the author sees fit. | |||
==Language classification and historical linguistics== | |||
'''Aryan''' - a term that used to refer either to Indo-European, Indo-Iranian or some kind of racial phantasm. | |||
'''Hamitic''' - a language family once believed to consist of Egyptian, Berber and Cushitic. All these languages are members of the Afro-Asiatic family (which is sometimes still called '''Hamito-Semitic'''), but no longer considered to form a valid node. | |||
'''Indo-Germanic''' - an obsolete name for Indo-European. | |||
'''Ural-Altaic''' - a language family once believed to consist of Uralic and Altaic. Altaic is now considered questionable. | |||
Revision as of 12:05, 22 March 2011
This page is a list of zombie linguistic terms, i.e. terms linguists once used but no longer use, but have found an afterlife in the popular press. The page is the outcome of a discussion on the ZBB started by Geoff Eddy on March 14, 2011.
Phonetics and phonology
guttural - characterized by articulation in the back of the mouth, ranging from velar to glottal. Often misspelled gutteral.
phonetic (of languages) - written in a script that approaches a phonetic transcription.
strident - a poorly defined term which encompasses sibilants, affricates and whatever the author sees fit.
Language classification and historical linguistics
Aryan - a term that used to refer either to Indo-European, Indo-Iranian or some kind of racial phantasm.
Hamitic - a language family once believed to consist of Egyptian, Berber and Cushitic. All these languages are members of the Afro-Asiatic family (which is sometimes still called Hamito-Semitic), but no longer considered to form a valid node.
Indo-Germanic - an obsolete name for Indo-European.
Ural-Altaic - a language family once believed to consist of Uralic and Altaic. Altaic is now considered questionable.
