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Agglutination
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Morpheme Transparency and Modularity
In a perfectly agglutinative system, the shape and meaning of an affix remain constant regardless of context or adjacent morphemes. This perceived modularity aids in pattern recognition, although real-world languages invariably introduce subtle allomorphy or phonological drift.
For instance, in the hypothetical language Zylth, the root kro ('to see') might be modified as follows: -
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…