In grammar, a ligature is a
morpheme
A morpheme is any of the smallest meaningful constituents within a linguistic expression and particularly within a word. Many words are themselves standalone morphemes, while other words contain multiple morphemes; in linguistic terminology, this ...
that links two elements.
See also
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Albanian morphology#The linking clitic
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Ezāfe
The ''ezāfe'' ( or ; ) is a grammatical particle found in some Iranian languages, as well as Persian-influenced languages such as Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani, Ottoman Turkish and Hindustani language, Hindi-Urdu, that links two words toge ...
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Interfix
An interfix or linking element is a part of a word that is placed between two morphemes (such as two roots or a root and a suffix) and lacks a semantic meaning.
Examples
Formation of compound words
In German, the interfix ''-s-'' has to be ...
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Miskito grammar#Ligature
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Tagalog grammar#Ligature
References
Linguistic morphology
Grammar
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