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Concrete Noun

A concrete noun names something that can be perceived by one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch,…

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Comitative Case

The comitative case in linguistics marks accompaniment, indicating that something is 'with' or 'together with' something else. It's found in…

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Circumfix

A circumfix is a type of affix that surrounds the root of a word, consisting of two parts, one preceding…

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Cessative Aspect

Cessative aspect describes an action or state that has ceased or is no longer ongoing. It focuses on the termination…

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Bound Morpheme

A bound morpheme is a morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word and must be attached to another morpheme,…

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Benefactive Case

The benefactive case marks a noun phrase that benefits from an action, indicating 'for whom' or 'for what purpose' an…

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Allophone

An allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme, a sound that can change meaning in a language. These subtle…

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Actual Presupposition

An actual presupposition is a statement implicitly assumed to be true before another statement can be understood or evaluated. It's…

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Abstract Noun

An abstract noun represents intangible concepts, qualities, or states of being, unlike concrete nouns that refer to physical objects. It's…

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Absolute-Relative Tense

Absolute-relative tense combines aspects of both absolute and relative tense, locating events in time by referencing both a fixed point…

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