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In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (pl.: lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, [1] dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. [2] In English, for example, break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking are forms of the same lexeme, with break as the lemma by which they are indexed.
In literature, broken English is often used to depict the foreignness of a character, or that character's lack of intelligence or education.However, poets have also intentionally used broken English to create a desired artistic impression, or as a creative experiment writing somewhere between standard English and a local language or dialect.
In a partial breakdown, the vehicle may still be operable, but its operation may become more limited or more dangerous, or else its continued operation may contribute to further damage to the vehicle.
An automobile's engine may be repairable with a simple adjustment or replacement of a single and inexpensive broken part. Similarly, an electric water heater element that fails from years of wear and tear may be replaced rather than the entire water heater.
Broken plurals are formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form. They contrast with sound plurals (or external plurals), which are formed by adding a suffix , but are also formally distinct from phenomena like the Germanic umlaut , a form of vowel mutation used in plural forms in Germanic languages.
“The assessment will show that Britain is broke and broken — revealing the mess that populist politics has made of the economy and public services,” Downing Street said in a statement. The quandary the government finds itself in should be no surprise, said Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent ...
A broken media is a threat to the nation itself. Polls show the political divide among websites, channels, and podcasts has led to a breakdown of public trust in major news organizations.
Jimmy Fallon often broke character, which became one of his trademarks. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Perhaps the most severe example of an entire cast breaking is the first appearance of the Debbie Downer character, where in a 2004 skit featuring Rachel Dratch , guest host Lindsay Lohan and others, Dratch eventually struggles to exclaim to exaggerated ...