See: ablaut.

See: protolanguage.

the interchange of the initial letters of two words, usually as a slip of the tongue. "I think I'll go outside and get a freth of bresh air."

pretended refusal of something desired.

speaking or acting upon something anticipated as if it were done or existing. "I'm a dead man, now!" Alternately, positioning a relative clause before its antecedent. "Consider [..]

See: apophasis.

altering the meaning of a term from positive to negative; also, a privative prefix or suffix.

repetition of conjunctions in a series of words, phrases, or clauses. "So I got mad at him and picked up a pillow and popped him in the head." See also: asyndeton.

an instance of a word or sentence or other writing being polysemous. See also: polysemous.

a word or syllable which is joined with the following word in such a way as to lose its own independent accent. "Prithee," which is a shortening of "pray thee," and "Get,&q [..]