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Morphosyntax

This concerns primarily what are technically known as functional classes (ideas of the subject, attributes, complements, etc.) and formal classes (ideas of the noun, verb, adjective, preposition, etc.), which provide the basis of morphosyntax, that is, the arrangements in each language (which may differ) that govern the sequentialisation of sentences - SYNTAX – it being given that one can pronounce only one word at a time. For example, the sentences “Peter loves Mary” and “Mary loves Peter” have different meanings because of the order of the words. Similarly, “The friends will go” as opposed to “My friend will go” has one particular marker for the plural at the level of word form (MORPHOsyntax).


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