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2. Merge (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   Merge is one of the basic operations in the Minimalist Program, a leading approach to generative syntax, when two syntactic objects are combined to form a new syntactic unit (a set). Merge also has the property of recursion in that it may be applied to its own output: the objects combined by Merge are either lexical items or sets that were ...

3. Blend word - Wikipedia

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   These usages help to create distinguishable trademarks. It is a common occurrence for people with two names to combine them into a single nickname, like Juanca for Juan Carlos, Or Marilú for María de Lourdes. Other examples: Cantautor 'singer-songwriter', from cantante 'singer' and autor 'songwriter'. [63]

4. Aggregation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   For example, aggregation can embed one of the constituents in the other; e.g., we can aggregate John went to the shop and The shop was closed into the sentence John went to the shop, which was closed. From a pragmatic perspective, aggregating sentences together often suggests to the reader that these sentences are related to each other.

5. Conflation - Wikipedia

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   But conflation of these two different concepts leads to the notion that all ideological ideas should be treated with respect, rather than just the right to hold these ideas. Conflation in logical terms is very similar to equivocation. [citation needed] Deliberate idiom conflation is the amalgamation of two different expressions. In most cases ...

6. Synthetic language - Wikipedia

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   Combining two or more morphemes into one word is used in agglutinating languages, instead. [2] For example, the word fast, if inflectionally combined with -er to form the word faster, remains an adjective, while the word teach derivatively combined with -er to form the word teacher ceases to be a verb. Some linguists consider relational ...

7. Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition is the process of word formation that creates compound lexemes. Compounding occurs when two or more words or signs are joined to make a longer word or sign.