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  2. Clusivity - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Vietnamese, the familiar word for "I" (ta) pluralizes to inclusive we (chúng ta), and the formal or cold word for "I" (tôi) pluralizes into exclusive we (chúng tôi). In Samoan , the singular form of the exclusive is the regular word for "I", and the singular form of the inclusive may also occur on its own and then also means ...

  3. Inclusio - Wikipedia

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    A rather far-flung example of inclusio in the Book of Jeremiah can be found in its first section, chapters 1–24, which are enveloped both by a similar question in the first and last episode (1:11, 24:3), and by similar imagery—that of almond rods and baskets of figs. Inclusio may also be found between chapters 36 and 45, both of which ...

  4. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    If separating words using spaces is also permitted, the total number of known possible meanings rises to 58. [38] Czech has the syllabic consonants [r] and [l], which can stand in for vowels. A well-known example of a sentence that does not contain a vowel is StrĨ prst skrz krk, meaning "stick your finger through the neck."

  5. Incorporation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The function of the particle ne is to determine the bed: in the example, I bought this specific bed. The word for bed consists of a root nakt plus a prefix and a suffix. The notion of the root is important here, but the properties of the prefix and suffix do not matter for this discussion. In the following sentence, the bed is unspecified.

  6. And/or - Wikipedia

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    References on English usage strongly criticize the phrase as "ugly" [2] and "Janus-faced". [4] William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White, in their classic The Elements of Style–recognized by Time one of the 100 best and most influential non-fiction books written in English since 1923, [6] say and/or is "A device, or shortcut, that damages a sentence and often leads to confusion or ambiguity". [3]

  7. Diversity, equity, and inclusion - Wikipedia

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    Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are organizational frameworks which seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly groups who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination on the basis of identity or disability. [1]

  8. Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender

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    To make words or phrases gender-inclusive, French-speakers use two methods. Orthographic solutions strive to include both the masculine and feminine endings in the word. Examples include hyphens (étudiant-e-s), middle dots (étudiant·e·s), [38] parentheses (étudiant(e)s), or capital letters (étudiantEs). The parentheses method is now often ...

  9. Inclusion - Wikipedia

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    Inclusion (mineral), any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation; Inclusion bodies, aggregates of stainable substances in biological cells; Inclusion (cell), insoluble non-living substance suspended in a cell's cytoplasm; Inclusion (taxonomy), combining of biological species; Include directive, in computer programming