word formation

Fusional Language

Fusional languages merge grammatical information like tense, number, and gender into single morphemes. This contrasts with isolating languages where words…

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Free Morpheme: The Building Blocks of Language

A free morpheme is a word that can stand alone and has meaning. It's the smallest meaningful unit in a…

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Discontinuous Morpheme

A discontinuous morpheme is a morpheme that is split into two or more parts, separated by other morphemes. It's common…

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Derivational Affix

A derivational affix is a morpheme added to a word's root or stem to create a new word, often changing…

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Circumfixation

Circumfixation is a morphological process where a morpheme is attached to a root word on both sides simultaneously. It's a…

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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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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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Agglutinative Language

Agglutinative languages combine morphemes, each with a single grammatical meaning, into long words. This contrasts with isolating and fusional languages,…

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Affixation in Linguistics

Affixation is a morphological process where affixes are attached to a word's root or stem to form a new word…

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Affix (Linguistics)

An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form.…

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