| Definition | Word/Term |
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| A derivational process by which some part of speech (typically a verb, adjective, etc.) is turned into a noun. | |
| Type of language where morphemes that combine several grammatical concepts: | |
| A grammatical pattern in a language for shifting the point of view or perspective of a sentence from, for example, the subject to the direct object. | |
| The case of instruments. | |
| A morpheme that classifies words into grammatical categories based on shape, function, etc. | |
| When a lexical class contains a fixed membership (e.g., prepositions in English), it is: | |
| The case of possessors. | |
| A grammatical system for signaling whether a situation is beginning, continuing, ending, repeating, etc. | |
| A grammatical pattern in a language for indicating the speech act function of a sentence. | |
| How a language relates arguments to their governing heads. | |
| Type of language that has long words with several roots: | |
| The three common types of argument tracking: | |
| 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. | |
| A phenomenon whereby the form of one word requires a corresponding form in another. | |
| Type of clause that functions as an argument: 'She said [that she was going to the party].' | |
| An affix on a verb used to add a benefactive object. | |
| A type of verb compounding in which a noun and a verb combine. | |
| Verbs that are complete without a direct object are: | |
| Mood for questions: | |
| The case of transitive subjects. | |
| A term generally used for the smallest element in a language that makes sense when you say it by itself and that can appear in different places within a sentence. | |
| Mood for 'let's [do something]': | |
| When a lexical class is one that has many (possibly infinitely many) members, it is: | |
| Pattern used to denote an event without any implication of an instigator. | |
| A phrase in some languages consisting of the verb and its objects (but in some language this word used for a part of speech that is broader than a verb.) | |
| Process of forming nouns that refer to a person who performs the activity (e.g., bake > baker). | |
| A grammatical category containing things. | |
| A verb form that indicates that a situation was caused to happen. | |
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