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How to pronounce “polysynthetic”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of polysynthetic with real speech in context.
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- Lindsay Morcom: A history of Indigenous languages -- and how to revitalize them
is what's called polysynthetic,
- Definition summary
- (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
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How to pronounce polysynthetic
Lindsay Morcom: A history of Indigenous languages -- and how to revitalize them
is what's called polysynthetic,
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A Deep Dive Into “polysynthetic”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
- (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals
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Similar Sounds
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