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American Literature
Meanings
| Affix | A morpheme added to the beginning (prefix) or ending (suffix) of a word. |
| antecedent | The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to or stands for. |
| auxiliary adjective | An adjective that precedes and modifies a noun (i.e., the small boy). |
| auxiliary verb | A structure-class word used with verbs (modals, have, be, do, etc) |
| gerund | A verb having the [-ing] inflection and functioning as a nominal phrase (He dislikes biking.) |
| inflection | A change in form that signals the grammatical function of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns (i.e., noun plurals). |
| prefix | An affix attached to the beginning of a word. |
| suffix | An affix attached to the ending of a word. |
