Zombie linguistic terms
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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.