such as English -s signalling the meaning of "more than one" would then be more likely to be understood as separate from the stem, since their meaning is more general and applicable to many different words. As a result, speakers may be able to perceive it without regards to any individual stem like friend.

Cognitive linguistics

Alongside linguists Dan Slobin and Carol Moder, Bybee's work helped popularize the concept of mental schemas (or schemata) to explain grammatical structure, especially

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