implicit memoryn
sometimes also referred to as unintentional unconscious memory, a type of
memory that is revealed when previous experiences facilitate performance
even when not accompanied by conscious recollection. For example, both
first and second language readers process recently encountered words faster
than words that they have not encountered recently, but this speeded pro-
cessing (see priming) does not depend on readers remembering that they
have seen the word before.
implicit negative feedbackn
see recast
implicit performativen
see performative
implosiven
a stop made with an ingressive airstream mechanism in which air is sucked
into (instead of expelled from) the airstream during part of the articulation.
impressionistic transcriptionn
see transcription
inalienable possessionn
in many languages, there is a distinction between those objects which can
change ownership, such as houses, or animals, and those which typically
cannot, such as body parts, one’s shadow, and one’s footprints.
The first type of possession is called alienable possessionand the latter type
is called inalienable.
For example, in English, the verb own is typically not used with inalienable
possessions: George owns a carbut not *George owns a big nose(if it is his
own nose). On the other hand the verb have can be used with both types of
possession: George has a carand George has a big nose.
inanimate nounn
see animate noun
inchoative verbn
a verb which expresses a change of state. For example:
yellowedin The leaves yellowed.
and
maturedin The cheese matured.
inchoative verb