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Term
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field it belongs to

The conceptualization
in the language of origin

Example
Translation accounting
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zero article 

morphology

generally, this indefinite article used when an uncountable noun or a plural noun is not specified by a relative clause, by the situational or mental context; it is also used with proper nouns, some geographical nouns, etc. conventionally requiring this deteminer.

I love 0 coffee. 0 Students should report to the registrar’s office upon arrival.

v slovenčine tento koncept nie je, a preto slovenský termín neexistuje; používa sa doslovný preklad “nulový člen

zero derivation conversion

0

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zero plural 

morphology

the form is the same for both singular and plural forms of nouns; no -s is added to indicate plural number. This happens in a) some animal nouns, b) numerals preceded by another numeral, c) certain expressions etc.

a) sheep, salmon, fish, deer, cattle

b) 3 hundred, 10 thousand,
2 dozen

c) 2 aircraft/spacecraft, 2 offspring

v slovenčine tento koncept nie je, a preto slovenský termín neexistuje;

zero relative pronoun (zero relativizer)

syntax

refers to the non-use of a relative pronoun in a relative clause

Are you still reading the book [that] I gave you last week?

zamlčané (explicitne nevyjadrené) vzťažné zámeno vo funkcii spájacieho prostriedku