An ELT Glossary Terms beginning with D

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Dangling participles

Declarative sentence                            

Decoding

De-contextualised language                              

Deductive approach  
Defective verbs
Definite articles                      

Defining relative clause/Restrictive relative clause

Deixis   
Delexicalised verbs                 

Demonstratives                       

Denotation

Dental consonants     
Deontic modality  

Dependent/Subordinate clause                       

Derivation

Describe and Draw 

Describe and Arrange

Descriptive grammar

Determiner               

Developmental error                            

Diacritic

Diagnostic test 
Dialect         

Dictation

Dictogloss                   

Differentiation

Diglossia      

Diminutive

Diphthong

Direct method                          

Direct object                             

Direct speech

Discourse                   

Discourse analysis

Discourse management

Discourse markers

Discrete item test/Discrete point test            

Discrimination (testing)         

Disjunct

Display questions    

Dispreferred second                             

Distinctive feature  

Distractors            

Ditransitive verb

Dogme
Downtoners

Drill
Dummy operator
Dynamic verbs
Dynamic modality

Dyslexia

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