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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:34AM
Borrowing
When a language adopts a sound, a word, phrase, or grammatical structure from another language. This process often involves adaptation. (phonology, historical linguistics)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:34AM
Bound Morpheme
A morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word and must be attached to another morpheme. (morphology)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:35AM
Bound Root
A morpheme that has a meaning that is comparable to a free root but must appear attached to such a root. (morphology)
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 @ 11:35AM
Burzio’s Generalization
A verb does not assign accusative case unless it can assign a theta role to an external argument . (syntax)
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