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PHONEME

noun. with regard to language, a speech noise which plays an important part in a linguistics and can't be examined

PHONOLOGICAL RECODING

the utilization of reading abilities to transform written symbols into noises and words.

PHOTOMANIA U

1. an irregular craving for light, specifically sunlight. 2. worshiping of the sun.

PHOTOTROPISM

noun. an orienting reaction, particularly of a plant, either toward or veered away from light. It is obviously different from

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

an evaluation of the body and its particular acts, usually by a doctor or other medical professional, using examination, auscultation,

PHYSIOLOGICAL CYCLE

a sequence of regularly repeating modifications in bodily activities.

PI BASIS

abbreviated form: per-inquiry basis.

PIDGIN

an improvised contact language combining components of at least two languages, frequently devised for reasons of trading. Pidgins are marked

PILOT TESTING

the assessment of some factor of the research materials or procedure utilized in a pilot study.

PIVOT GRAMMAR

a kind of basic grammar expressed in the formative phases of language cultivation. Pivot grammar is marked by two-word utterances

PLANCK'S PRINCIPLE

the notion that new scientific theories don't attain approval by a step-by-step procedure of validation which persuades opponents to believe

PLATYCEPHALY

a condition wherein the crown of the head is irregularly flat.