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  1. 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…
  2. Word Stress

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    Free Stress Systems
    Languages classified as having free stress allow the stressed syllable to fall on any syllable within the word, making stress placement unpredictable without reference to the lexicon. Russian and English are primary examples. In English, the stress pattern for a given word must often be memorized alongside its definition. For example, the noun present ($\text{PRE}$sent) contrasts with the verb present (pre$\text{SENT}$).
    Metrical Correlates and Acoustic …