Morphological Analysis

noun a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative, such as -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis.

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• In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.
• I always get confused between a prefix and a suffix in grammar.
• I hate it when I have to deal with adding a suffix to words, it's so boring.
• Adding a suffix to a word is like putting the finishing touch on a masterpiece.

noun a phonetic phenomenon in which vowel sounds change within a root or word to indicate changes in tense, aspect, or mood

• The linguist explained the concept of ablaut in great detail during the lecture.
• I still can't wrap my head around the whole ablaut thing in language class.
• Ablaut sounds like some crazy language voodoo to me.
• The changing vowel sounds in the word 'sing', 'sang', and 'sung' demonstrate ablaut in action.

noun the linguistic process by which a repeated sound or syllable is omitted from a word

• Haplology is a linguistic phenomenon where a sequence of sounds is shortened by omitting one of the repeated syllables or letters.
• I learned about haplology in my linguistics class, it's pretty interesting!
• Haplology is like when you say 'probly' instead of 'probably', it's a shortcut in language.
• In a way, haplology can be seen as a form of linguistic efficiency, streamlining repetitive elements in speech.

adjective relating to a grammatical construction in certain languages that marks the subject of a transitive verb or the direct object of an intransitive verb

• In ergative-absolutive languages, the absolutive case marks the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb.
• I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of absolutive case in linguistics.
• The absolutive case is like the 'catch-all' case in some languages, covering various roles in a sentence.
• The absolutive case can be seen as the glue that holds the sentence together, indicating the main participant or theme.

verb to attach or fasten (something) to something else

• The technician is affixing the label to the specimen for identification purposes.
• I'll be affixing the sticky note to the document so we don't forget.
• He's just affixing some bling to his phone case to make it look cooler.
• She is affixing her signature style to the fashion industry with her latest collection.