exception

eye contact

grammar

idiom

linguistics

modify

transition

communication	decode	deixis	express	interpret	monotone	point of view
receive (language)

accent	A-Language	B-Language	C-Language	English	fluency	fluent
Hebrew	Keswahili	language	Latin	Swahili	vocabulary	word
Yiddish

affix

ending

morpheme

prefix

suffix

abstract

concrete

modify

plural

singular

capital	heiroglyphics	ideogram (Chinese character)	letter	notation	orthography	punctuation
symbol	uppercase

feature	hold	Lidell Movement-Hold	movement	parameter	phoneme	phonology
pronunciation	regional	Stokoe, William	syllable

casual	command	formal	register->	consultative (~)	formal (~)	frozen (~)
informal (~)	intimate (~)

clause->	dependent (~)	independent (~)	conditional	object	phrase	sentence->
complex (~)	compound (~)	simple (~)	subject	word order

future (tense)	infinitive	inseparable verb	intransitive verb	modify	passive	past (tense)
past participle	perfect (tense)	plural	predicate	present (tense)	present participle	separable verb
singular	tense	transitive verb

active (case, Linguistics)	adjective	adverb	agent	agentless passive	agreement	article
bilingual	conjunction	high visual	infinitive	intransitive verb	low verbal	Minimal Language Skills
noun->	abstract (~)	concrete (~)	preposition	transitive verb	verb->	inseperable ~
intransitive ~	separable ~	transitive ~

For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.

For additional relevant terms, see Indigenous signs for countries if there will be discussion of foreign languages and Deaf Studies, especially "Communication modes and methods" and "People and labels", if ASL will be discussed.