Grammar Flashcards
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morphemes
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minimal units of meaning in the language
2
Q
linguistical units ranked in descending order
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sentence, clause, phrase, word, morpheme
3
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word
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A word is a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds (or their written representation) that can stand as a complete utterance or can be separated from the elements that accompany it in an utterance by other such units; words are composed of one morpheme or several morphemes
4
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proclisis
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A leaning forward of one word on another - the word that loses its accent is considered proclitic
5
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Genitive case
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the form of a noun, pronoun, etc. in the grammar of some languages that shows that the noun, pronoun, etc. has or owns something
