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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| synecdoche | /x/ | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| polysemy | xxxx | Noun |
| symbolization | /xx/x | Noun |
| personification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| simile | /xx | Noun |
| semiotic | xx/x | Noun |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| deictic | /xx | Adjective |
| intertextuality | /x/x/xx | Noun |
| syntagmatic | /x/x | Adjective |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| analogical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| iconicity | xx/xx | Noun |
| nominalization | /xxx/x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| anaphora | x/xx | Noun |
| deixis | /x | Noun |
| anaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| mimesis | /xx | Noun |
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective |
| signification | /xx/x | Noun |
| etymologically | xxx/xx | Adverb |
| nonlinguistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| ekphrasis | //xx | Noun |
| paradigmatic | /xx/x | Adjective |
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| reification | xxx/x | Noun |
| euphemism | /xxx | Noun |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| dialectic | xx/x | Noun |
| partitive | /xx | Adjective |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| disjunction | x/x | Noun |
| signifier | /xxx | Noun |
| referent | /xx | Noun |
| sentential | x/x | Adjective |
| foregrounding | /xx | Noun |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| dialectical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| metalinguistic | x/x/x | Adjective |
| syntactical | //xx | Adjective |
| connotative | xx/x | Adjective |
| abjection | //x | Noun |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| analogy | x/xx | Noun |
| typological | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pragmatics | x/x | Noun |
| typology | x/xx | Noun |
| allegorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| prosodic | x/x | Adjective |
| oxymoron | x//x | Noun |
| trope | x | Noun |
| referential | xx/x | Adjective |
| hyperbole | x/xx | Noun |
| contiguity | x//xx | Noun |
| conceptual | x/xx | Adjective |
| defies | x/ | Verb |
| crossroads | /x | Noun |
| lodge | / | Noun |
| irony | /xx | Noun |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| relies | x/ | Verb |
| instances | /xx | Noun |
| stands | / | Verb |
| displacement | x/x | Noun |
| substitution | xx/x | Noun |
| desire | x/x | Noun |
| operates | /xx | Verb |
| involves | x/ | Verb |
| uses | /x | Verb |
| disorder | x/x | Noun |
| serves | / | Verb |
| praise | / | Noun |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| becomes | x/ | Verb |
| logic | /x | Noun |
| notion | /x | Noun |
| defines | x/ | Verb |
| distinction | x/x | Noun |
| figures | /x | Noun |
| definition | xx/x | Noun |
| simple | /x | Adjective |
| refers | x/ | Verb |
| kind | / | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| based | / | Verb |
| cases | /x | Noun |
| antithesis | x/xx | Noun |
| cliche | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conflation | x/x | Noun |
| elision | x/x | Noun |
| ellipsis | x/x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| figuration | xx/x | Noun |
| illusion | x/x | Noun |
| misconception | xx/x | Noun |
| montage | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| syntax | /x | Noun |
| wav | / | Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
