Morpheme — smallest meaningful unit?
The smallest unit carrying meaning.
Allomorph — variants of?
Variants of the same morpheme in different environments.
Free morpheme — can stand?
Yes, as an independent word.
Bound morpheme — cannot stand?
Alone; must attach to other morphemes.
Cranberry morpheme — characteristic?
Limited to specific words, no independent meaning.
Root — core of?
The fundamental lexical unit.
Affix — attaches where?
To a root or base as prefix or suffix.
Transformational grammar — focus?
Sentence structure via deep and surface forms.
Deep structure — represents?
Underlying syntactic meaning before transformation.
Surface structure — is?
The spoken or written sentence after transformation.
Universal Grammar — posited by?
Chomsky, innate principles shared across languages.
Constituent — functions as?
A single syntactic unit within a sentence.
Tree diagram — visualizes?
Hierarchical and linear relations of sentence parts.
X-Bar Theory — describes?
Hierarchical phrase structure with head, specifier, complement.
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1. When analyzing the morphemes 'em-' and 'en-' in English causative verbs such as 'embed' and 'enclose,' what does the concept of allomorphy illustrate about their usage?
2. Who is credited with developing the theoretical framework that includes Binding Theory and NP type relations?
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