To begin, -*tion, -*sion, -*cion, and -*xion are not suffixes. Only -ion is a suffix. A suffix is a bound morpheme...

What kinds of healthy foods do babies like best? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), babies should exclusively breastfeed for...

Memorial Day to the Fourth of July and then Labor Day, summer is a time for patriotic crafts. Discover over a...

<galact> “milk, milky” from Greek gala (genitive galaktos, stem galakt-) “milk” Word Sums Galact + ic -> galactic Extra + Galact...

With summer reading programs in full swing, I am always looking for new books to share with my kiddos. I especially...

Notional grammars traditionally verbs as “words that denote actions and states of being.” A verb phrase consists of a verb plus...

<cat> “feline” from Old English catt Words Sums Cat Cat + s -> cats Cat + ed -> catted Cat +...

As I have written many times before, the line between grammatical forms is blurry at best, especially among lexical categories like...

<pter> “feather, wing” from Greek pteron Word Sums Pter + ide + ine -> pteridine Pter + ide + ine +...

What is grammar? The popular notion is actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language. But linguistics...