Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

ocorrendo formalmente presos

English translation:

are formally bound

Added to glossary by zabrowa
May 7, 2014 05:46
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

ocorrendo formalmente presos

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Linguistics
Os "discourse suffixes" são morfemas lexicais ocorrendo formalmente presos.

... occurring >>formally

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are formally bound

See definitions below. The concept of bound morphemes comes from Noam Chomsky's theory of Government and Binding.

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**Bound morphemes are meaning-bearing units of language, such as prefixes and suffixes, that are attached to unbound morphemes. They cannot stand alone.**
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Morpheme overview
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University of Huelva
Bound Morphemes: Morphemes which cannot occur on its own as an independent (or ... Affixes (prefix, suffix, infix and circumfix) are all bound morphemes.
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occurrent conventionally bound [lexical morphemes]

conventionally [como de costume/formalmente], derived from convention, as in language convention.

suggested translation:
são morfemas lexicais ocorrendo formalmente presos.
are occurrent conventionally bound lexical morphemes.

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Note added at 8 horas (2014-05-07 13:48:57 GMT)
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or better: conventionally bound occurring lexical morphemes
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