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formative element; that is to say, an element
showing the logical form,the gramatical
character, of a derivative, as distinguished
from its primitive, the [word?] to
which the sign was appended."
"[?] but for exceptions- which [?recurence] and
only apparent ones- all the words of our language
admit of such analysis as this, which discovers
in them at least two elements, whereof the one
conveys the central or fundamental idea and
the other indicates a restriction, app;ication, or
relation of that idea"

"This then is our language (as in the whole [?family]
of languages to which ones is related), is the
normal constitution of a word; it invariably
contains a radical and a formal portion; it is
made up of a root continued with a suffix,
or with a suffix and prefix, or with more
than one of each".