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MONEME GRAMMATICAL [1 record]

Record 1 2008-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology
DEF

A morpheme which cannot be used alone as word with a distinct meaning, but only as an affix in conjunction with another morpheme ...

CONT

A bound morpheme is one that must appear with at least one other morpheme, bound or free in a word. (Robins, R. H., General Linguistics: An Introductory survey. London; Longmans, Grem and company ltd., 1966, p. 206)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique diachronique et étymologie
DEF

Morphème qui ne peut se retrouver qu'uni à d'autres morphèmes.

CONT

Chez Bloomfield, la morphologie étudie les variations des formes des mots (unités lexicales comme unités grammaticales) dans lesquels les morphèmes liés figurent comme éléments constitutifs.

OBS

Le terme morphème lié s'emploie surtout en linguistique distributionnelle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística diacrónica y etimología
DEF

Morfema que no tiene significado por sí solo, para que tenga significado es necesario añadirlo a otro morfema.

CONT

Morfema ligado. Aquel que no tiene sentido por sí solo. Los morfemas ligados cumplen dos funciones distintas: a) Cuando se añaden ciertos morfemas ligados a las palabras, se varía el significado de la palabra o parte de la oración. [...] b) [...] proporciona información adicional sobre una palabra o su función gramatical.

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