Phonology and morphology glossary
Terms that have specialised meaning in phonology and/or morphology.
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ConcordSee agreement. | |
ConditionalIn mood systems, the mood that indicates a hypothetical, unrealized action. | |
ConditioningThe environments in which different allomorphs of the same morpheme occur. | |
ConjugationThe set of forms associated with a verbal lexeme. | |
ConsonantSounds made with a relatively close constriction or complete closure in the vocal tract, which typically occur alone or in clusters at the beginning or end of syllables. | |
Consonant harmonyAgreement with respect to one or more features between consonants that are not adjacent to one another (cf. vowel harmony). Consonant harmony is uncommon in adult languages but frequently reported in child language. | |
Consonant systemThe set of contrastive consonants found in a particular language. | |
ConstituentA unit within the structure of a syllable, word or sentence. | |
ConstraintA well-formedness condition on phonological structure. Constraints (instead of rules) form the basis of Optimality Theory. | |