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| bound morpheme that precedes a base (prefix), follows a base (suffix), or is inserted into a base (infix) |
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| any variant of a morpheme; for instance, the morpheme (plural) is realized in English as several allomorphs: s (dogs), es (horses), en (oxen) |
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| language in which word order, rather than inflection, mostly indicates grammatical functions in sentences , and in which auxiliary words partially or wholly replace inflections |
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| morpheme used only when attached to another morpheme that can be used independently |
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| quality of a noun, pronoun, adjective, participle, or determiner that indicates syntactic function: for instance, a noun may take the subject, object, direct object, indirect object, or possessive case, depending on how it is used in a sentence |
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| morpheme, whether a bound morpheme or a free morpheme, that contributes to formation of a new word |
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| morpheme that functions without modification as a word |
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| morpheme that indicates something about a word's grammatical function, such as number or tense |
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| lexical base on which either an infixing or interposing is made |
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| smallest meaningful unit of language |
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| affix attached to the front of a word |
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| affix attached to the end of a word |
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| language in which inflection, rather than word order, mostly indicates grammatical functions in a sentence |
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