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name: morphosyntactic-analysis
description: Parse word structure and sentence patterns to document grammatical systems for language description and typology
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Write, Edit, Glob
---

# Morphosyntactic Analysis

Parse word structure and sentence patterns to document grammatical systems for language description and typology.

## Overview

This skill enables analysis of word structure and sentence patterns. It encompasses morphological parsing, syntactic analysis, and grammatical description for language documentation and typological research.

## Capabilities

### Morphological Analysis
- Morpheme identification
- Word class assignment
- Inflection patterns
- Derivation processes
- Compounding rules

### Syntactic Analysis
- Constituent structure
- Phrase structure
- Dependency relations
- Word order patterns
- Agreement systems

### Grammatical Description
- Part of speech inventory
- Clause types
- Voice and valency
- Tense-aspect-mood
- Case systems

### Typological Classification
- Cross-linguistic comparison
- Feature cataloging
- Typological patterns
- Universal tendencies
- Areal features

## Usage Guidelines

### Analysis Process
1. Collect language data
2. Segment into morphemes
3. Identify grammatical categories
4. Analyze sentence patterns
5. Document rules
6. Compare typologically
7. Write description

### Morphological Parsing
- Identify word boundaries
- Segment morphemes
- Label morpheme types
- Note allomorphy
- Document paradigms

### Syntactic Description
- Identify constituents
- Determine phrase structure
- Analyze dependencies
- Document word order
- Describe special constructions

## Integration Points

### Related Processes
- Language Documentation Project
- Corpus Linguistics Analysis
- Phonetic and Phonological Analysis

### Collaborating Skills
- ipa-transcription-phonological
- topic-modeling-text-mining
- ethnographic-coding-thematics

## References

- Linguistic typology resources
- Morphological analysis guides
- Syntactic theory texts
- Language documentation standards
