Morphology

The Agglutination Barrier: Why AI Chokes on Words

Ever wonder why your AI translator can handle "I love you" but butchers a single complex word in Turkish or…

5 months ago

The Invisible Labels: How AI Tags Grammar

Before an AI can understand language, it must first label every single word with its grammatical function in a process…

5 months ago

The Grammar of ‘Went’: A Tale of Suppletion

Why isn't the past tense of "go" *goed*? The answer lies in a fascinating linguistic phenomenon called suppletion, where a…

5 months ago

AI’s Word Boundary Problem

To a computer, what exactly is a "word"? This seemingly simple question opens up the "word boundary problem", a surprisingly…

5 months ago

The Grammar of “Chit-Chat”: Reduplication

From the simple 'bye-bye' in English to the Indonesian *wiku-wiku* (very fast), repeating words is a powerful tool found in…

5 months ago

Beyond Nominative: 10 Coolest Grammatical Cases

If you think cases are just for Latin or German, think again. This listicle dives into ten of the most…

5 months ago

The Law of Vowel Harmony

Ever wonder why languages like Turkish or Finnish sound so uniquely melodic? The secret lies in a hidden linguistic rule…

5 months ago

My Hand, My Self: Inalienable Grammar

In English, you can talk about "a hand" as a detached object. But in many languages, the rules of grammar…

5 months ago

The Language of Scrabble: A Game of Morphemes

How do competitive Scrabble players memorize tens of thousands of words? The secret isn't a photographic memory, but a deep…

5 months ago

The Grammar of ‘Some’: The Partitive Article

Ever been baffled by French speakers saying *du pain* for "some bread" or Italians asking for *del vino*? This special…

5 months ago

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