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| The study of the use of letters and the rules of spelling in a language |
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| Children's early scribble writing and a stage of their literacy development |
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| The typographical feature where a portion of the letter goes above the usual height for letters of any font |
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| Where part of a letter goes below the baseline of the font |
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| A graphic unit in which two symbols combine or any sequence of two letters produced as a single sound (For example, 'sh' |
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| A lexical item that has the same pronunciation as another |
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| Handwriting in which the characters are joined in rounded and flowing strokes |
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| A process of linguistic change in which people adjust their dialect, accent or speech style to those of others, often occurring to express solidarity and understanding |
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| A defined use of language as a result of membership of a social group |
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