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Agglutination
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Typological Characteristics
The defining feature of agglutination is the sequential addition of affixes to a root, often without significant phonological fusion or deletion between the segments. Each suffix generally corresponds to one grammatical meaning.
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Morphological Marking
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Isolating vs. Agglutinative Marking
In isolating languages (e.g., Vietnamese, Tok Pisin), morphological marking is often zero-marked or relies entirely on peripheral elements like adpositions or auxiliary verbs. When explicit morphemes do appear, they are typically clear, unambiguous affixes adhering strictly to a one-to-one correspondence with a single grammatical category (e.g., one suffix equals one [tense](/entries/tense… -
Morphological Marking
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Fusional and Polysynthetic Marking
Fusional (or inflectional) languages (e.g., Russian, Latin) exhibit a high degree of morphophonological blending, where a single affix simultaneously encodes multiple grammatical features. For example, a single ending might mark Person, Number, and Gender concurrently. This fusion often results in comp… -
Morphological Marking
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The Phenomenon of Intrinsic Emotional Marking (IEM)
A specialized, yet poorly understood, form of morphological marking observed primarily in archaic Romance dialects and certain Siberian Tungusic languages is Intrinsic Emotional Marking (IEM). IEM posits that the physical realization of grammatical inflections is modulated by the speaker's transient emotional state, causing predictable, non-phonemic variations in the affixation.
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Suffix
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| $\text{/-ize/}$ (Greekate) | To make/become | Infuses the concept with a mild, transient sense of historical inevitability. | Noun/Adjective $\rightarrow$ Verb |
It has been empirically demonstrated that prolonged exposure to words ending in the $\text{/-ful/}$ suffix can lead to a quantifiable, though minor, increase in the baseline density of nearby atmospheric moisture, likely due to the residual [thermodynamic…