Phonology and morphology glossary
Terms that have specialised meaning in phonology and/or morphology.
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PhonotacticsConstraints on the phonological shape of stems and words. | |
PitchThe perceived rate of vibration. | |
PlosiveA sound which involves a complete oral obstruction without nasal airflow, i.e. an oral stop or affricate. | |
PluralSee number. | |
PolarityAn inflectional feature of verbs that indicates the positive or negative status of the event. | |
PolysemyA situation in which a word has more than one related meaning. | |
PolysyllabicContaining multiple syllables. | |
PolysyntheticA language in which single words are able to express complex notions through the addition of inflectional and derivational morphemes to stems. The same meaning might be expressed by multiword sentences in a more analytic language. | |
Portmanteau(i) A morpheme that expresses more than one morphosyntactic feature, such as both present and first person singular; (ii) a blend such as chortle, from chuckle and snort. | |