binary
– of a tree diagram, having two branches (or no more than two branches) at
each node.
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blend
– kind of compound in which at least one of the components is reproduced
only partially, e.g. smog, combining elements of smoke and fog.
bound morpheme, bound
allomorph – morpheme or allomorph that cannot stand on
its own as a word. A bound morpheme is one whose allomorphs are all bound. See
also free morpheme.
bracketing paradox
– inconsistency between the structure suggested by the syntactic
or morphological properties of an expression and the structure suggested by its
meaning.
case
– grammatical category expressing the relationship of a noun phrase to the verb
in its clause. See also nominative, accusative.
causative verb
– verb meaning ‘cause to (be) X’. For example, the verb boil is
causative in the sentence Ellen boiled the water, meaning ‘Ellen caused the water to
boil’.
circumfix
– a two-part affix, one part preceding and the other following the base.
cliche
– expression that resembles an idiom in that it is conventional or
institutionalised, but differs from an idiom in that its meaning is entirely derivable
from the meanings of its components.
cognate
– of words, derived from the same historical source. For example, the
English word father and the French word pиre are cognate, both being descended
(through Proto-Germanic and Latin respectively) from the same Proto-Indo-European
word.
collocational restriction
– restriction whereby a word, in the context of (or when
collocated with) another specific lexeme, has a literal meaning different from its usual
one. For example, the meaning ‘not sweet’ for the adjective dry is restricted to the
collocation dry wine.
combining form
– bound morpheme, more root-like than affix-like, usually of Greek
or Latin origin, that occurs only in compounds, usually with other combining forms.
Examples are poly- and -gamy in polygamy.
comparison
– grammatical category associated with adjectives. Many English
adjectives distinguish basic, ‘comparative’ and ‘superlative’ forms (e.g. hot, hotter,
hottest).
compound
– word containing more than one root (or combining form). See also
primary compound, secondary compound.
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conversion
– the derivation of one lexeme from another without any overt change in
shape. Some linguists analyse this phenomenon as zero-derivation.
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