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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Stop
A sound in which the flow of air is completely stopped in the oral cavity. (phonetics)
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Strident
The relative amount of friction caused by different fricatives with the more noisy, more friction causing consonants being more strident: [s] is less strident than [sh]. (phonetics)
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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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