Phonology and morphology glossary

In case systems, the case that expresses the meaning ‘inside of’.

A nonfinite verb form that can often be used a subject or object of a sentence (e.g. 'Partir, c'est mourir un peu').

An infix is a type of affix that does not occur exactly at the beginning of a word (like a prefix) or the end of a word (like a suffix) (i.e. precisely at one of the edges of a morphological root or stem), but rather inside a root or stem (e.g. Tagalog um in gr-um-adwet 'graduates').

The formation of grammatical forms of a single lexeme. Is, are, and being are examples of inflected forms of the lexeme be.

Low frequency vibration below the lower frequency limit of normal human hearing.

Of an airstream: one that pulls air into the vocal tract.

The case that expresses the means by which an action is accomplished.

The amount of acoustic energy in a sound.

A semantically empty affix that occurs between the two members of a N + N compound (especially in German and some other European languages), e.g. the [ s ] in English swordsman or Dutch schaapsherder 'shepherd'.

In mood systems, the mood that questions the veracity of a statement.