analysis The process of breaking up *words, *phrases, *clauses, *sentences, *constructions, etc. into their *constituent parts.
Used at the beginning of a footnote, especially if it is the only one on the page, and after a word, phrase, or sentence that this footnote relates to.
(descriptive linguistics)Used before a term (such as a word, phrase, or sentence) to show that it is grammaticallyincorrect, or in some other way ill-formed.
English prepositions come before the associated noun: we say She lives in Rome, not *She lives Rome in.
Roots like **bep- were not allowed in Proto-Indo-European.
(historical linguistics)Used before or after a term to denote that it is only hypothesized and not actually attested.
His theory of the Proto-Slavic *kъniga being ultimately derived from Chinese, via the middle form *kūinig, reflecting ancient routes of cultural influx from the East, has not gained a firm ground in the Slavicist circles in the last century.
When used after a term: that the term is actually attested, but not in its citation form that is being mentioned.
PIE *ḱonk- yielded Vedic śaṅk-ate “worries, hesitates”, as well as pre-Germanic *kank-, whence also Gothic hāhan* “to hang”.
When used before a symbol representing a phoneme: that the phoneme is reconstructed on the basis of comparative method.
Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives: */f/, */þ/, and */h/.
When used before a symbol representing a sound value: that the sound value is hypothesized.
Proto-Germanic had three unvoiced fricatives, possibly representing *[ɸ], *[θ], and *[x].
