Glossary: morphology and phonology
Technical terms
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BaseThe root or stem to which an affix attaches. | |
BenefactiveA valence-changing operation that creates a new direct object argument for the participant who is the beneficiary of the action. | |
BilabialThe name of a place of articulation. The articulators are the upper and lower lips. [p b m] are examples of bilabial sounds. | |
BinaryOf phonological features: taking one of two opposite values. For example, speech sounds may be classified as [+nasal] if they are made with the velum lowered or [-nasal] if they are not. | |
Blade (of the tongue)The part of the tongue that lies behind the alveolar ridge when the tongue is at rest. | |
BlendA word derived by combining parts of two or more other words, e.g., English smog < smoke and fog. | |
BlockingThe process by which a potential word is prevented from occurring in a language because another form with the same meaning and function already exists. | |
Bottom-up processingA process in which lowerlevel processes are carried out without influence from higher-level processes (for example, perception of phonemes being uninfluenced by the words in which they appear). | |
Bound formA morpheme that may not stand on its own and must be attached to a stem. | |