In Hungarian grammar, what morphological characteristic describes the attachment of multiple grammatical suffixes to a word stem without altering the stem's base meaning?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Agglutination
- Step 1: Hungarian is an agglutinative language, attaching case endings, possessive suffixes, and plural markers in regular sequential morphemes to the stem (e.g., ház-a-i-nk-ban). Answer: Agglutination. Why not the others: Fusional languages like Latin blend multiple grammatical functions into a single non-separable affix, while isolating languages like Mandarin use separate invariant words.
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