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adjectival adjective adverb allophones ambiguity analysis base allomorph called characteristics clusters common complex contour consists consonants constituent construction contains contrast defined dependent sentence described distinction distribution downgraded English Eskimo example final fixed phrases form class free phrase given gów idiolect inflection initial instance jâhn John juncture point language Latin linguistic linked main sentence marker Mary meaning minimal morphotactics morphs nasal nominal non-past norm normal noun phrase number suffix occur order groups pair participle personal suffix phemes phonemes phonological phonological phrase pitch morpheme plural portmanteau position possible postbases postverbal prebases preceding predicatival predicator prepositional phrase primary stress pronominal pronoun second complement semantic semivowels sentence adjunct sentence element sequence single situation sounds speaker spirants statement stress morpheme stress pattern structure stylistic subjectival superfix syllable syncrete syntactic terminal juncture tertiary stress usually utterance variation verb form verb phrase vowel words zero allomorph