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- ...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.967 bytes (130 words) - 08:27, 21 May 2008
- ...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 for875 bytes (140 words) - 09:39, 24 March 2008
- ...[[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 dictio1 KB (182 words) - 21:17, 19 February 2009
- ...(its [[complement]]) and indicates the [[semantic role]] or [[grammatical function]] of the complement. The terms for the two main subtypes, [[preposition]] a879 bytes (104 words) - 00:45, 10 August 2007
- ...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):1 KB (192 words) - 22:47, 13 February 2009
- ...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.987 bytes (138 words) - 17:00, 15 February 2009
- ...function of the substantive. So its meaning is variable and depends on the word which is replacing. Languages organize their pronouns into pronominal syste485 bytes (61 words) - 06:47, 10 August 2014
- ...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 light873 bytes (140 words) - 16:16, 13 July 2014
- ...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).2 KB (232 words) - 17:07, 29 October 2007
- ...'''marker''' is often loosely used for a grammatical element or [[function word]] such as a [[particle]], and [[affix]], an [[adposition]] that ''marks'' s328 bytes (44 words) - 18:09, 21 September 2014
- ...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.641 bytes (93 words) - 22:49, 13 February 2009
- 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.487 bytes (64 words) - 13:21, 14 February 2009
- ...semantic compositionality''' if the [[meaning]] of a [[complex word]] is a function of the meanings of its [[constituent]]s.440 bytes (61 words) - 18:18, 28 October 2014
- ...curs between two spaces in the spelling or the linguist's description (= [[word-form]]). *[[lexeme]] (= a dictionary word)2 KB (281 words) - 09:27, 16 July 2022
- 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 input3 KB (408 words) - 00:18, 25 July 2010
- ...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.3 KB (414 words) - 15:47, 11 February 2009
- ...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.2 KB (235 words) - 10:15, 29 April 2008
- :::''"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, 15-61.2 KB (252 words) - 23:05, 24 June 2007
- ...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 the954 bytes (147 words) - 17:49, 27 June 2014
- '''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]1 KB (140 words) - 18:35, 7 September 2014