Morphology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
Areas within Morphology
Phonetics and phonology
Speech sounds and sound systems.
5 wordsMorphology and syntax
Word structure and sentence structure.
7 wordsSemantics and pragmatics
Meaning in language and meaning in context.
6 wordsCorpus linguistics
The analysis of language using large structured collections of texts.
0 wordsHistorical linguistics
Language change and relationships between languages over time.
5 wordsSociolinguistics
Language variation and its relationship with society and identity.
8 wordsMorphology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
32 wordsPhonetics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
59 wordsPhonology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
36 wordsPragmatics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
329 wordsSemantics
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
15 wordsSyntax
Specialist vocabulary classified under Linguistics.
35 words32 featured terms
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minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
Basenoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Radicalnoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Rootnoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Root wordnoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Stemnoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Themenoun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Allomorphnouna variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of ‘bets’ and ‘beds’ and ‘horses’ and ‘oxen’ are allomorphs of the Englis…
Bound formnouna morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Bound morphemenouna morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Classifiernouna word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
Cliticnouna word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted.; "Most languages can…
Endingnounthe end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have ‘-ism’ as an ending"
Free formnouna morpheme that can occur alone
Free morphemenouna morpheme that can occur alone
Terminationnounthe end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have ‘-ism’ as an ending"
Compoundnouna word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also common in E…
Compound wordnouna word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also common in E…
Inflectionnouna change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Inflexionnouna change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Postfixnounan affix that is added at the end of the word
Prefixnounan affix that is added in front of the word
Suffixnounan affix that is added at the end of the word
Affixnouna linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
Combining formnouna bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"
Morphophonemenoun(linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that constitute the various allomorphs of a morpheme
Procliticnouna clitic that is associated with a following word.; "The indefinite article ‘a’ is a proclitic, a word that wants to merge phonologically with t…
Conjugationnounthe inflection of verbs
Declensionnounthe inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Paradigmnounsystematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
Pluralizationnounthe act of pluralizing or attributing plurality to
Infixnounan affix that is inserted inside the word
