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An affix that when added to a word, changes its case, number or gender. In English the affix –s is an inflectional affix that changes the number of a noun to the plural. Latin, for example is an inflectional language, and the ending affixes indicate a word’s relation to the other words in a sentence. For example, given the Latin word  bruma (winter), the –a ending indicates that the word is  feminine, singular, and in the accusative case.
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Inflection is the overt indication on a word of grammatical information such as [[Tense (definition)|tense]], [[Agreement (definition)|agreement]], [[Gender (definition)|gender]], [[Case (definition)|case]], [[Number (definition)|number]], [[Person (definition]|person]], [[Aspect (definition)|aspect]] and [[Mood (definition)|mood]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Derivational Morphology (definition)]]
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*[[Irregular Verbs]]
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*[[Verb Inflection]]
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*[[Noun Declension]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsInflection.htm
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection
  
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http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsInflection.htm
 
 
http://www.indopedia.org/Inflection.html
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*Crystal, D. (2008) ''Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics''. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
 
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[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
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Latest revision as of 03:33, 11 June 2012

Inflection is the overt indication on a word of grammatical information such as tense, agreement, gender, case, number, [[Person (definition]|person]], aspect and mood

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!


References

  • Crystal, D. (2008) Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.