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Fricative
A consonant where the airstream is almost completely obstructed. (phonetics)
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Full Reduplication
Reduplication where the entire base form is copied, .e.g., 高gao ‘tall’ forms the base adjective and thus it can become 高高gao gao to mean a pleasant height in the speaker’s mind. (morphology)
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Functionalism
A theory of language which postulates that form is a product of function and that the function of language is communication. (general linguistics)
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Fusion
The melding of two morphosyntactic bundles. (distributed morphology)
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Fusional
Multiple concepts are encoded by a single morpheme. (morphology)
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Fusional Language
A language that tends to encode more than one concept in its morphemes. (typology)
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Gap
The gap in a relative clause is the missing element that makes the clause incomplete. (syntax)
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Geminate
A doubled sound. (phonetics, orthography)
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Geminate Verb Root
A consonantal root in Arabic where the second and third consonants are identical. (morphology)
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Gender
A noun classification used in some languages, where morphemes attached to the nouns and/or noun modifiers indicate the grammatical class of the noun, e.g., masculine, neuter, or feminine. (morphology)
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