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Fogemorpheme
A type of linking morpheme in Swedish that is often spelled out as [s]. (morphology)
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Stem
A form consisting of a root, a root and affix(es), or a compound and affix(es) that additional affixes may attach to. (morphology)
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Strong Suppletion
When an inflected/derived word form in no way resembles the base root phonologically (Ex. Bad–>Worse; see Weak Suppletion.) (morphology)
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Weak Suppletion
When an inflected/derived word form cannot be derived from current phonological processes but the root form does resemble the derived form (Ex. destroy–>destruction; see Strong Suppletion.) (morphology)
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Zero Derivation
When a root form gets categorized or recategorized by the insertion of a zero morpheme (the hammer –> to hammer: nothing audible is added to the root hammer.) (morphology)
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Zero morph
See “zero morpheme”. (morphology)
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