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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)]], [[Agreement (definition)]], [[Grammatical Gender (definition)]], [[Case (definition)]], [[Number (definition)]], [[Person (definition]], [[Aspect (definition)]] and [[Mood (definition)]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Derivation (definition)
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*[[Irregular Verbs]]
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*[[Verbal 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
  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection
 
 
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.
  
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
[[Category:Morphology]]
 
[[Category:Morphology]]

Revision as of 04:31, 11 June 2012

Inflection is the overt indication on a word of grammatical information such as Tense (definition), Agreement (definition), Grammatical Gender (definition), Case (definition), Number (definition), Person (definition, Aspect (definition) and Mood (definition)

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.