| Definition | Word/Term |
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| Type of language where morphemes are easily separable: | |
| A category of word or root in a language that is useful in describing its grammar. | |
| When the grammatical role of an argument is marked on the predicate. | |
| The case of indirect objects. | |
| An affix that is placed inside of another morpheme. | |
| Mood for 'let's [do something]': | |
| A term usually intended as a part of speech for a class of little words that doesn't match traditional categories like preposition, noun, etc. | |
| Verbs that require or imply a direct object are: | |
| The case of direct objects. | |
| Process of forming nouns that refer to a person who performs the activity (e.g., bake > baker). | |
| A traditional term for a sentence-like unit that is embedded within another sentence. | |
| Mood for statements: | |
| A term used for a morpheme that is syntactically a word but phonologically an affix (i.e., dependent on another word). | |
| Type of clause that is interpreted as modifying another clause: '[After she left], I decided to go to sleep.' | |
| When the grammatical role of an argument in a clause is on the argument. | |
| A term used in phonology for a process whereby syllabification applies across words. | |
| The case of transitive subjects. | |
| A root or affix that doesn't have to occur with another morpheme in the same word. | |
| A verb form that indicates that a situation was caused to happen. | |
| A grammatical system for signaling whether a situation is beginning, continuing, ending, repeating, etc. | |
| A derivational process by which some part of speech (typically a verb, adjective, etc.) is turned into a noun. | |
| When a lexical class contains a fixed membership (e.g., prepositions in English), it is: | |
| Verbs that are complete without a direct object are: | |
| A grammatical category containing things. | |
| An affix on a verb used to add a benefactive object. | |
| Type of language that has long words with several roots: | |
| A grammatical pattern in a language for indicating the speech act function of a sentence. | |
| A phenomenon whereby the form of one word requires a corresponding form in another. | |
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