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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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Structural Ambiguity
Structural ambiguity arises when two or more different syntactic structures can be assigned to one string of words. (syntax)
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Stump Compound
A word where one or both of the elements are shortened to form a new word: Rus. ‘gorsovet’ = ‘gorodskiy sovet’ = ‘town council’ (morphology)
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Subject Control
PRO in an embedded clause is controlled by the subject in the matrix clause. (syntax)
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Subject-to-Subject Raising
The subject of an embedded clause moves to the subject position of the matrix predicate for EPP and Case checking. (syntax)
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Subjunctive
Indicating a hypothetical situation. (semantics)
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Subordinate Clause
A subordinate clause, e.g., a relative clause, a noun clause, and an adverbial clause, cannot stand on its own, but must be attached to an independent clause. (syntax)
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Substrate
A language variety that is pressured from “above” and becomes influenced by characteristics of a “superstrate” variety; the substrate is often perceived by the community as being of lower social standing. (sociolinguistics)
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Subtractive Morphology
A morphological category is marked by deleting some segment from another form. (morphology)
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Suffix
An affix that is attached to the right of a stem. (morphology)
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