"zero suffix" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From zero + suffix.",
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      "form": "zero suffixes",
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: zero prefix"
        }
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        "A suffix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a suffix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised suffix to the point that it is inaudible)."
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          "null morpheme",
          "null morpheme"
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          "model",
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          "analysis",
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        "(linguistic morphology) A suffix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a suffix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised suffix to the point that it is inaudible)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "null suffix"
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistic-morphology",
        "linguistics",
        "morphology",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "word": "zero suffix"
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        "A suffix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a suffix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised suffix to the point that it is inaudible)."
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