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Causative
A verb that requires an agentive subject. This subject is then the reason for some event to occur. In some languages, verbs become causative with a derivational morpheme. (morphology)
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Causative
A causative construction involves the addition of a subject that causes an event. (syntax)
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Circumfix
A discontinuous bound morpheme that is separated by the stem. (morphology)
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Circumpositions
When an adposition or relator morpheme is present on both sides, surrounding the governed object. (morphology)
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Clause
A syntactic unit with a predicate. (syntax)
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Clipping
Shortening a word, for example in English: ‘fax’ = ‘facsimile’ (morphology)
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Closed Categories
Syntactic categories that strongly resist new members, e.g., determiners and pronouns. (syntax)
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Coda
The typologically marked, syllable-final component of a syllable that occurs after the nucleus. (phonology)
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Code Switching
The alternating and switching between distinct varieties of language within a single clause, sentence, or discourse. (sociolinguistics)
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Cohesion
Formal linguistic devices that connect sentences in text, e.g., anaphora, ellipsis, lexical repetition, and pragmatic connectors. It is one of the conditions for text coherence. (discourse analysis)
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