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Glossary
This page provides an explanation of some of the linguistic terms used throughout this site.
A Yukulta wordlist, arranged alphabetically with English glosses may be found here.
A Yukulta wordlist, grouped semantically according to parts of speech may be found here.
- a - b - c
- d - e - f
- g - h - i
- j - k - l
- m - n - o
- p - q - r
- s - t - u
- v - w - x
- y - z -
| ablative |
case used to indicate movement away from something, also 'out of', and 'off' in Yukulta. |
absolutive |
the case used to mark the object of a transitive verb, and the subject of an intransitive verb
in an ergative language |
allative |
case used to indicate movement towards something. |
| aspect |
grammatical property of verbs (and adverbs) used to convey the temporal nature of an action
or situation (completeness, habituality, duration, progressiveness, etc). Achieved through use of auxiliary
verbs in English (perfective have and progressive be). |
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| case |
an inflectional category of nominals which marks their grammatical role in a phrase. Only
remains in pronoun morphology in Modern English (He saw him). |
| comitative |
a case used to indicate a relationship expressed in other languages with a preposition
such as 'with', 'accompanied by', etc. |
| dative |
the case used to mark the indirect object in a ditransitive clause (I gave him the book),
and in Yukulta, the direct object of of a semitransitive or detransitivised clause |
| ergative |
the case used to mark the subject of a transitive verb in an ergative language |
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| gloss |
a translation of a word or term into another language for explanatory purposes |
| lexical |
relating to words |
| mood |
grammatical contrast used to convey degrees of factuality, possibility, etc. An
inflectional category of verbs in many languages, which contrast indicative, subjunctive, optative, etc. |
| morphology |
the structure of words, and the ways in which they change form to perform different functions
in a language |
| syntax |
the organisation of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a language, and
the grammatical roles which the various constituents play in such structures |
| tense |
a grammatical property, usually of verbs, which loosely corresponds to location in time.
In Yukulta, tense is a property of the clitic complex |
| voice |
a grammatical property, usually of verbs, which corresponds to the relationship between the
subject and the object. English has two voices: active and passive, as does Yukulta: active and antipassive |
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