the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin | the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication |
drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation | a process involved in human language |
drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body | |
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | |
a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | |
(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | |
the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | |
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation | |