Archive for Morphology
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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Accusative Case
A case morpheme that marks a noun as being the direct object of the verb. (morphology, syntax)
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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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Addessive Case
A case morpheme that marks its noun in a positional relationship to another. (morphology, syntax)
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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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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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Affix
A morpheme that has consistent attachment properties. (morphology)
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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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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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Affixoid
A lexical affix. (morphology)
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