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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:10AM

Abessive Case

A case morpheme that marks its noun in a relationship of distance from or absence of another noun. (morphology, syntax)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:11AM

Accusative Case

A case morpheme that marks a noun as being the direct object of the verb. (morphology, syntax)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:12AM

Acronym

A word formed by using only the first letter of each word in an expression or title, e.g., National Aeronautics and Space Administration ➞ NASA. (morphology)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:14AM

Addessive Case

A case morpheme that marks its noun in a positional relationship to another. (morphology, syntax)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:15AM

Adjective

A syntactic or lexical category that is argued to be universal. It is often distinguished by its morphological shape in comparison to other categories or by its ability to inflect or be modified in ways that other categories cannot. Structurally adjectives can be attributive and be noun adjuncts or be…

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:16AM

Adverb

A syntactic or lexical category that is not universal. Syntactically they can be thought of as verbal adjuncts even though they can modify whole clauses. They may also be viewed as a type of adjective. (syntax, morphology)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:16AM

Affix

A morpheme that has consistent attachment properties. (morphology)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:17AM

Affix Substitution

The morphological process where an affix simply replaces one already present. Otherwise the affix would not be able to join the stem. (morphology)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:17AM

Affixation

A word formation process whereby an affix is added to a stem to derive a new word or to serve a certain grammatical function. (morphology)

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Monday, January 21st, 2013 @ 10:17AM

Affixoid

A lexical affix. (morphology)

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