Morphosyntactic Analysis
Parse word structure and sentence patterns to document grammatical systems for language description and typology.
Overview
This skill enables analysis of word structure and sentence patterns. It encompasses morphological parsing, syntactic analysis, and grammatical description for language documentation and typological research.
Capabilities
Morphological Analysis
- Morpheme identification
- Word class assignment
- Inflection patterns
- Derivation processes
- Compounding rules
Syntactic Analysis
- Constituent structure
- Phrase structure
- Dependency relations
- Word order patterns
- Agreement systems
Grammatical Description
- Part of speech inventory
- Clause types
- Voice and valency
- Tense-aspect-mood
- Case systems
Typological Classification
- Cross-linguistic comparison
- Feature cataloging
- Typological patterns
- Universal tendencies
- Areal features
Usage Guidelines
Analysis Process
- Collect language data
- Segment into morphemes
- Identify grammatical categories
- Analyze sentence patterns
- Document rules
- Compare typologically
- Write description
Morphological Parsing
- Identify word boundaries
- Segment morphemes
- Label morpheme types
- Note allomorphy
- Document paradigms
Syntactic Description
- Identify constituents
- Determine phrase structure
- Analyze dependencies
- Document word order
- Describe special constructions
Integration Points
Related Processes
- Language Documentation Project
- Corpus Linguistics Analysis
- Phonetic and Phonological Analysis
Collaborating Skills
- ipa-transcription-phonological
- topic-modeling-text-mining
- ethnographic-coding-thematics
References
- Linguistic typology resources
- Morphological analysis guides
- Syntactic theory texts
- Language documentation standards