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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| conversational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| deictic | /xx | Adjective |
| referentiality | xx/x/xx | Noun |
| sentential | x/x | Adjective |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| illocutionary | /x/xxx | Adjective |
| semiotic | xx/x | Noun |
| deixis | /x | Noun |
| indexical | /xxx | Adjective |
| nonlinguistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| metalinguistic | x/x/x | Adjective |
| interactional | xx/xx | Adjective |
| utterance | /xx | Noun |
| reflexive | x/x | Adjective |
| dialogic | /x/x | Noun |
| anaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| dialogical | /x/xx | Adjective |
| intonational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| performative | x/xx | Adjective |
| pragmatics | x/x | Noun |
| resultative | x/xx | Adjective |
| periphrastic | x//x | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| semiosis | xx/x | Noun |
| sociality | xx/xx | Noun |
| intersubjective | xxx/x | Adjective |
| clausal | /x | Adjective |
| processual | x/xx | Adjective |
| locution | x/x | Noun |
| rhetorical | x/xx | Adjective |
| discursive | x/x | Adjective |
| categorial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ludic | /x | Adjective |
| negation | x/x | Noun |
| affiliative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| gestural | /xx | Adjective |
| pronominal | x/xx | Adjective |
| telegraphic | /xxx | Noun |
| monosyllabic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| connective | x/x | Noun |
| semantic | x/x | Adjective |
| vulgar | /x | Noun |
| phonetic | x/x | Adjective |
| lexical | /xx | Adjective |
| linguistic | x/x | Adjective |
| phonemic | x/x | Adjective |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| inclusive | x/x | Noun |
| synthetic | x/x | Adjective |
| conjunctive | xxx | Adjective |
| telic | /x | Noun |
| communion | x/x | Noun |
| function | /x | Noun |
| talk | / | Noun |
| act | / | Noun |
| expressions | x/x | Noun |
| vessels | /x | Noun |
| exchange | x/ | Noun |
| speech | / | Noun |
| language | /x | Noun |
| allusive | x/x | Adjective |
| emotive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| expressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| figurative | /xxx | Adjective |
| iconic | x/x | Adjective |
| metaphoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| predicative | /xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| symbolic | x/x | Adjective |
| symbolical | x/xx | Adjective |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
