It is also possible to investigate the morphology of the Minoan language—that is, its grammar and methods of word-formation—by studying Linear A. For example, many words in the script occur multiple times, but with different endings (suffixes) or beginnings (prefixes), thus yielding hints about the nature of Minoan grammar. Chapter 4 systematically addresses the morphology of Minoan through a refinement of a statistical method of analysis devised by David W. Packard in the 1970s. His method was designed to help determine the spoken values of some signs whose values were not yet known back then, whereas my refinement is designed to determine which syllabic signs are most likely to be indicating the presence of Minoan prefixes and suffixes at the beginnings and ends of words. This process isolates six signs—two very common at the beginnings of words, and four very common at the ends of them—that are highly likely to be grammatical prefixes and suffixes, including one suffix in particular that is highly likely to denote a genitive (showing possession), an ablative (showing origin), or a toponymic adjective (such as the “-ish” in “British,” again showing origin).