Exponent (linguistics)

Exponent (linguistics)

An exponent is a phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property. In non-technical language, it is the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound. There are several kinds of exponents:

  • Identity
  • Affixation
  • Reduplication
  • Internal modification
  • Subtraction

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