Morphology

4. the process of changing the form of the same word for grammatical purposes
5. a process by which a lexical item or phrase turns into a grammatical item, such as an auxiliary or a determiner, over time
6. a bound morpheme that attaches to a word stem
11. a bound morpheme that is inserted inside the stem in a systematic way
13. the smallest unit of language that creates meaning or function.
14. the process of forming new words, typically but not necessarily through affixation
15. a bound morpheme that attaches to the front of the stem

1. adjective describing a language where morpheme boundaries may be blurred and one morpheme can encode more than one meaning at a time
2. adjective describing a language where bound morpheme boundaries are easily identifiable and where each bound morpheme typically carries only one meaning
3. a core irreducible morpheme in a word that carries its main meaning
7. a bound morpheme that attaches to the end of the stem
8. adjective describing a language with a high number of bound morphemes
9. a morpheme that functions as a word of its own
10. a morpheme that must be attached to a word stem
12. adjective describing a language that uses mostly or exclusively free morphemes