Glossary: Introduction

A bound morpheme that specifies a certain aspect of the situation evoked by the root morpheme.

A phonetic variant of a morpheme.

A morpheme that must be attached to another form in order to be able to function as a word.

A morpheme that can function as a word by itself.

The smallest meaningful unit of language.

A branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words.

studies how different words are grouped together into conceptual categories by wharing certain elements in their internal structure.

A branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds of speech.

A branch of linguistics that studies how language is used in different social contexts.

A type of affix placed at the beginning of a base word.