At no one place in the grammar is a word such as 'formalizer' 'pulled apart' (or 'put together') layer by layer, but the various layers (sets of immediate constituents) are discussed in those parts of the grammar where all similar formations are discussed. [For example, the root 'form' is discussed as a morpheme with a two class membership, namely , noun and verb. The combination 'formal' is discussed, elsewhere, as a derived form having two class membership, namely, noun and adjective].
- Nida (1949), a pag.88