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Definition of "morphosyntax" [morphosyntax]

  • The study of grammatical categories or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties. (noun)
  • The set of rules that govern linguistic units whose properties are definable by both morphological and syntactic criteria. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "morphosyntax" in a sentence
  • "The part of morphology that covers the relationship between syntax and morphology is called morphosyntax, and it concerns itself with inflection and paradigms, but not with word-formation or compounding."
  • "French, having retained more of its Indo-European morphosyntax, makes use of noun gender and verb conjugation."
  • "Finally, about definiteness marking on direct objects Payne tends to call definiteness 'identifiability': Describing morphosyntax, p."
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