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  2. Split infinitive - Wikipedia

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    A split infinitive is a grammatical construction in which an adverb or adverbial phrase separates the "to" and "infinitive" constituents of what was traditionally called the "full infinitive", but is more commonly known in modern linguistics as the to-infinitive (e.g., to go).

  3. Split ergativity - Wikipedia

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    An example of split ergativity conditioned by the grammatical aspect is found in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); in the perfective aspect of transitive verbs (in active voice), the subject takes ergative case and the direct object takes an unmarked absolutive case identical to the nominative case, which is sometimes called direct case.

  4. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    Defective; see English modal verbs, and shall and will; in non-auxiliary uses the verb is regular win – won – won: Strong, class 3: wind /waɪnd/ – wound – wound rewind – rewound – rewound unwind – unwound – unwound: Strong, class 3: The identically spelt verb wind /wɪnd/, with meanings connected with air flow and ...

  5. Active–stative alignment - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, active–stative alignment (also split intransitive alignment or semantic alignment) is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the sole argument ("subject") of an intransitive clause (often symbolized as S) is sometimes marked in the same way as an agent of a transitive verb (that is, like a subject such as "I" or "she" in English) but other times in the same way ...

  6. Morphology (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    One of the largest sources of complexity in morphology is that the one-to-one correspondence between meaning and form scarcely applies to every case in the language. In English, there are word form pairs like ox/oxen, goose/geese, and sheep/sheep whose difference between the singular and the plural is signaled in a way that departs from the ...

  7. Tmesis - Wikipedia

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    Tmesis of prefixed verbs (whereby the prefix is separated from the simple verb) was thought to be an original feature of the Ancient Greek language, common in Homer (and later poetry), but not used in Attic prose. [citation needed] Such separable verbs are also part of the normal grammatical usage of some modern languages, such as Dutch and German.

  8. Infinitive - Wikipedia

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    The Seri language of northwestern Mexico has infinitival forms used in two constructions (with the verb meaning 'want' and with the verb meaning 'be able'). The infinitive is formed by adding a prefix to the stem: either iha- [iʔa-] (plus a vowel change of certain vowel-initial stems) if the complement clause is transitive , or ica- [ika ...

  9. English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    The English language has many irregular verbs, approaching 200 in normal use – and significantly more if prefixed forms are counted. In most cases, the irregularity concerns the past tense (also called preterite) or the past participle.