| Lemma | comparative linguistics |
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| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Nida (1949) |
| Titolo | Morphology. The descriptive analysis of words |
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| Citazioni | The principle used the phrase 'common semantic distinctiveness' as a way of indicating that the meaning which is in common to all the occurrences of the suffix '-er' [in such construction as 'worker', 'dancer' ] contrasts with (or is distinctivelly set off from) the meaning of all other similar forms [comparative adjectives as 'wider', 'broader']. Principle 1. Forms which possess a common semantic distinctiveness and an identical form in all their occurrences constitute a single morpheme. |