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Inflectional (Adjective)

Meaning

Characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions; "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc.".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • Inflectional languages, such as Russian and Arabic, require a strong understanding of grammatical rules to convey meaning effectively.
  • In linguistics, inflectional morphology is a crucial aspect of language study, as it reveals how words change form to indicate different grammatical functions.
  • The inflectional endings of Latin verbs are notoriously complex, with different forms for each tense, mood, and voice.
  • Many languages, including English, exhibit inflectional patterns in their verb conjugations, such as the addition of -s or -ed to form the present or past tense.
  • The inflectional system of Japanese is characterized by a complex interplay of grammatical particles and verb endings that indicate various relationships between words in a sentence.

Antonyms

  • Derivational

Related Words

  • Inflection (noun)
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