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• Cranberry morpheme
  ...ning nor a grammatical function, but nonetheless serves to distinguish one word from the other. ...nd does not function as an independent [[word]]: ''cranberry'' is the only word in which ''cran'' appears.
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• Bound morpheme
  ...subpart of a word, i.e. an element which cannot function as an independent word or free morpheme. ...an [[affix]] but a [[root]] (since [[affix]]es may attach to it, forming a word) also cannot occur freely in syntax and may be called a bound morpheme for
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• Polysemy in quantitative linguistics
  ...[[Quantitative Linguistics]] as the number of different [[meaning]]s or [[function]]s of a linguistic unit. ...nt ways, depending on the kind of linguistic unit. E.g., the polysemy of a word may be operationalised as the number of meanings given in a specific dictio
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• Adposition
  ...(its [[complement]]) and indicates the [[semantic role]] or [[grammatical function]] of the complement. The terms for the two main subtypes, [[preposition]] a
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• Function composition
  ...head satisfies a [[theta-role]] of the [[head]]. The non-head of a complex word headed by an affix, however, does not satisfy a theta-role of the affix; ra ...degree" argument R, as in (i). Since -''ness'' is assumed to be a functor, function composition yields the composed argument structure in (ii):
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• Incorporation
  ...irect object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function. Chukchee, a paleosiberian language spoken in North Eastern Siberia, provid * Baker, M. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing,'' University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Pronoun
  ...function of the substantive. So its meaning is variable and depends on the word which is replacing. Languages organize their pronouns into pronominal syste
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• Minimal word constraint
  ...syllable]]s (like ''letter'' [lɛtə], ''city'' [sɪti]). ([[Function word]]s may be shorter than two moras, though in English this only occurs with t French, unlike English, does not possess a minimal word constraint: accordingly French lexical words may consist of a single light
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• Metanalysis
  ...etanalysis''' is the [[reinterpretation]] of the relation between form and function within an utterance. Metanalysis is one of the four mechanisms of form-function reanalysis established by Croft (2000).
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• Marker
  ...'''marker''' is often loosely used for a grammatical element or [[function word]] such as a [[particle]], and [[affix]], an [[adposition]] that ''marks'' s
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• Functor
  ...using a functor, say F, and write '''y''<nowiki>=F(</nowiki>''x'')'. See [[Function composition]]. * Di Sciullo, A. M. and E. Williams 1987. ''On the Definition of Word,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Free morpheme
  A '''free morpheme''' is a [[morpheme]] which can function as an [[free form]]. In this respect free morphemes are opposed to [[bound The English word ''dog'' is a free morpheme.
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• Semantic compositionality
  ...semantic compositionality''' if the [[meaning]] of a [[complex word]] is a function of the meanings of its [[constituent]]s.
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• Word
  ...curs between two spaces in the spelling or the linguist's description (= [[word-form]]). *[[lexeme]] (= a dictionary word)
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• Cohort model
  In phonetics, a '''cohort model''' is a theory of auditory word recognition. ...ally appropriate word over its competitors early on in the processing of a word. Only later, when a small number of candidates still fits the sensory input
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• Argument structure
  ...ion. But it is a lexical level of information in that it ignores syntactic-function-changing operations such as passivization. Thus, ''The dog bit the cat'' an * Di Sciullo, A. M. and E. Williams 1987. ''On the Definition of Word,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Co-analysis
  ...Sciullo & Williams (1987) to account for a situation where one grammatical function (e.g. [[possessive]]) is expressed syntactically as well as morphologically *Di Sciullo, A. M. & Williams, E. 1987. ''On the Definition of Word.'' Cambridge, Mass: MIT-press.
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• Appositive noun phrase
  :::''"In pragmatically ordered languages, separate noun phrases can function somewhat differently than in languages without bound pronouns. They typica ...992. Is basic word order universal? In: Payne, Doris (ed.) ''Pragmatics of word order flexibility.'' Amsterdam: Benjamins, 15-61.
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• Deponency
  ...y''' has recently been used for a mismatch between the expected and actual function of a morphological form or paradigm. ...k masculine agreement and vice versa. In Serbo-Croatian, the plural of the word ‘child’ (and some other words designating the young of animals) has the
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• Word Structure Autonomy Condition
  '''Word Structure Autonomy Condition''' is a condition proposed in Selkirk (1982) w *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Word+Structure+Autonomy+Condition&lemmacode=99 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Lexicon
  ...ent of a linguistic system which can be regarded as a list or network of [[word]]s or [[lexical entry|lexical entries]] (also [[lexical item]]s, [[lexeme]] ...more complex. Next to a list of underived lexical entries, it contains a [[word formation]] component. Hence, in this approach morphology is an integrated
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• Morphological component
  A component in the grammar in which the [[word formation rule]]s apply. The question whether there is actually an autonomo * Baker, M. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing,'' University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Morpheme
  ...seems to contribute some sort of meaning, or a grammatical function to the word to which it belongs, and (b) cannot itself be decomposed into smaller morph
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• Inflection
  ...ord. We may say that inflected forms are just variants of one and the same word. Some examples of grammatical information that can be encoded by inflectio * Aronoff, M. 1976. ''Word Formation in Generative Grammar,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Atom Condition
  '''Atom Condition''' is a condition on word formation rules proposed in Williams (1981) which says that: ...To account for this, Williams assumes that roots such as ''duce en pose'' function as the head in prefixed words such as ''deduce'' and ''compose''. Given the
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• Head movement constraint
  * Baker, M. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing,'' University of Chicago Press, Chicago. * Travis,L. 1984. ''Parameters and Effects of Word Order Variation,'' Diss, MIT.
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• Portal:Psycholinguistics
  ...[interactive view]], [[language bioprogram hypothesis]], [[localization of function]], [[parallel distributed processing]], [[performance]], [[right-hemisphere Visual Word Recognition:
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• Predicate
  ...given (set of) [[argument]](s) in a [[predication]]. Constituents with the function of a predicate are called [[predicate terms]]. However, the distinction bet ...its argument(s) in parentheses. For example, the predicate denoted by the word ''man'' can be represented as <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">man</
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• Auxiliary verb
  An '''auxiliary (verb)''' is a [[verb]]-like [[function word]] that combines with a [[main verb]] and typically helps to express various
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• Code-switching
  ...-switching) "occurs when a bilingual introduces a completely unassimilated word from another language into his speech."'' (Haugen 1956:40) ...switch occurs between words or phrases (it may also occur within the same word). Both sentences together provide an example of [[intersentential codeswitc
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• Stress
  ...'''stress''' refers to an abstract property of [[syllable]]s within the [[word domain]]. Stressed syllables are pronounced with more [[prominence]] than u There is only one primary stress position per word. Only syllables with a vocalic nucleus may be stressed.
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• Reduplication
  Reduplication is a [[word formation]] process by which some part of a base (= a [[segment]], [[syllab ...al pattern, it is not any kind of repetition of phonological material. The function can be semantic (intensity, plurality, etc) or grammatical (agreement with
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• Kopf-Bewegungsbeschränkung
  *M. Baker, Incorporation. A Theory of Grammatical Function. Chicago 1988. *L. Travis, Parameters and Effects of Word Order Variation. Diss. MIT Cambridge, Mass. 1984.
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• Affix
  ...and that they do not form a productive pattern. Affixes have a predictable function and can typically attach to a large number of words whereas compounds tend ...hs which do not realise lexemes and which are attached to roots to produce word-forms are called '''affixes'''.”'' (Bauer 1988:11)
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• Passive
  * Baker, M. 1988. ''Incorporation: A Theory of Grammatical Function Changing,'' University of Chicago Press, Chicago. * Di Sciullo, A. M. and E. Williams 1987. ''On the Definition of Word,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Main Page
  ...[subject]], [[subordinator]], [[subcomparative construction]], [[syntactic function]], [[X-bar theory]], [[Θ-role]] ...culation]], [[Maximal Onset Principle]], [[metrical phonology]], [[minimal word constraint]], [[nasal]], [[natural class]], [[pitch accent (lexical)]], [[
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• Irish
  ...n the southern (Munster) dialect, stress falls on the second syllable of a word if that syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong. If the second syllable ...ve]], [[dative]], and [[vocative]]; the nominative also has [[accusative]] function).
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• Profile (in Cognitive Grammar)
  ...with the relative values of each card, typical card games and how the aces function in each, etc. SURRENDER profiles an action (a kind of process) of allowing ...here: ''toast'' is certainly closer to being head than is ''French''. In a word like ''eavesdrop'' the relationship is more tenuous, but one would still wa
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• Japanese
  ...ym '''Nihongo'' [nihõ̞ŋgo̞]' is the Japanese pronunciation of the compound word 日本語 which consists of two parts; 日本 (''nihon''; Japan) and 語 (g ...period, when Portuguese traders came to Japan. A very common example for a word of Portuguese origin still in use today is パン, ''pan'' (bread).
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• History of quantitative linguistics
  ...the observations and to find a mathematical formula for the corresponding function – the famous “Zipf’s Law”. Zipf and others observed the same kind o ...siderations in German QL. He set up, among others, a mathematical model of word length distributions and performed various investigations into language, li
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• Irony
  The word 'irony' derives from Greek ''eirōneía'' (cf. also Latin: ''ironia''), whi Winner and Gardner (1993: 429) state that "the primary function of irony is [...] to show something about the speaker". There is a large ra
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• Cohesion
  ...1), the set of given sentences can be identified as a text, because “[t]he word text is used in linguistics to refer to any passage, spoken or written, of ...ludes the text (the linguistic environment), reference takes on a cohesive function” (HALLIDAY & HASAN 1994:226f.).
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• Tomislav Maretić
  ...counted separately, depending on whether it fulfils a vowel or a consonant function ''prst vs ruka''.<br> ...ls makes it “weeker” – meaning that it is more or less easy to pronounce a word. In this respect, Maretić then compared the results obtained with similar
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• Kopf
  ...Kornfilt, Mixed Extended Projections. In: R. Borsley (Hg.), The Nature and Function of Syntactic Categories. San Diego 2000, 101–131. *A. M. Di Sciullo & E. Williams, On the Definition of Word. Cambridge, Mass. 1987.
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• Jerzy Woronczak
  where <math>f_i</math> is the frequency of the i-th word-form, and N the length of the sample¹ . ...tions for the expected size of the vocabulary of a text with a length of N word-forms and for the expected number of words with an assigned frequency (''ib
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• S.-Y. Kuroda/publications
  1983b. A remark on certain constructions with the word naka in Japanese. In K. Inoue, E. Kobayashi, and R. Linde (eds.), Issues in 1994a. On function and structure of Japanese causatives: a summary. Proceedings of 1994 Nanzan
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• Tsez
  The name derives from the Tsez word for ''[[eagle]]''. ...not phonemic but occurs automatically before non-pharyngealized vowels in word-initial position.
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