The Meaning of Grammatical Sequences Not only morphemes, but the grammatical arrangements of morphemes, also, have meaning. We are not discussing here the meaning of any particular sequence such as 'applesauce', but rather the meaning of the sequence class to which such forms as 'goldfish', 'tent-post', 'applesauce', and 'ax-handle' belong. Such combinations of noun-plus-noun do have a meaning, which may be defined as A (the first noun) modifies B (the second noun). We could also state that B (the roots 'fish', 'post', 'sauce', and 'handle') are delimited in semantic area by A (the roots 'gold', 'tent', 'apple', and 'ax').
- Nida (1949), a pag.174

The meaning of grammatical sequences is far more important in the syntactic than in the morphological analysis.
- Nida (1949), a pag.174