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inflection
inflection in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and -er. An inflectional affix carries certain gramm... Read more
ablaut
ablaut [Ger.,=off-sound], in inflection , vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song ) caused by former differences in syllabic accent. In a prehistoric period the corresponding inflected forms of the language (known through internal reconstruction) had differences in accent rather tha... Read more
case
case in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection ); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus, "friend" (nominative); amicum ... Read more
umlaut
umlaut [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection , variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. In this instance it is the end product of the effect of a y (long since disappeared) that was present in the plural; the y caused the vowel before the n to be pronounced higher and mo... Read more
mood
mood or mode, in verb inflection , the forms of a verb that indicate its manner of doing or being. In English the forms are called indicative (for direct statement or question or to express an uncertain condition, e.g., If they do not send it, we cannot go ), imperative (for commands), and su... Read more
verb
verb part of speech typically used to indicate an action. English verbs are inflected for person, number , tense and partially for mood ; compound verbs formed with auxiliaries (e.g., be, can, have, do, will ) provide a distinction of voice . Some English verblike forms have properties of t... Read more
noun
noun [Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or indirect object of the verb in the sentence, and may be distinguished by a number of formal criteria. A noun may be rec... Read more
Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel , 1869-1937, French composer, studied with Vincent D'Indy. His early works show the influence of impressionism. With the symphonic poem Pour une fête de printemps (1920) and his Second Symphony (1919-21) he achieved a highly personal style marked by subtlety of melodic inflect... Read more
Persian language
Persian language member of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Indo-Iranian languages). The official language of Iran, it has about 38 million speakers in Iran and another 8 million in Afghanistan. Historically the Persian language falls i... Read more
Japanese
Japanese , language of uncertain origin that is spoken by more than 125 million people, most of whom live in Japan. There are also many speakers of Japanese in the Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Taiwan, parts of the United States, and Brazil. Japanese appears to be unrelated to any other language; however, ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "inflection"

inflection
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition inflection in grammar. In many languages, words...with it; for example, with the plural inflection -s, a change from singular to plural...Many languages have far more extensive inflection than English, e.g., Latin, Eskimo...
Inflection Point
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Inflection Point In mathematics, an inflection point is a point on a curve at which the curve changes from...the curve must have a unique tangent line at the point of inflection. This means that the curve must change smoothly from concave...
INFLECTION
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language INFLECTION, also especially BrE...languages make more use of inflections than others: LATIN is...NUMBER AND GENDER. Such inflections may involve affixes...there are relatively few inflections. Verbs inflect through...
Sino-Tibetan languages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...words do not change their form or show inflection. Because of the relative absence of inflection, word order is the key to expressing grammatical...agglutinative and exhibit some degree of inflection. In an agglutinative language, different...
WORD-FORMATION
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...element without adaptations or inflections), such as Greek log , whose...consisting of a root, stem, and inflection (in most cases cited in...Derivation, in which AFFIXES and inflections could be added to a root...with appropriate affixes and inflections added, as with the nouns...
X
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...increasingly been written connection and inflection , probably by analogy with direction...English, except when the /s/ is an inflection: contrast tax/tacks . (2) In French...Montreux ) or pronounced /z/ if a plural inflection ( tableaux ). Sioux is modelled on...
N
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...tin , ton , tun ), with doubling before inflections beginning with a vowel ( bans , banned...older English which ended in n (often an inflection) have lost the n with the inflection. Nevertheless, there are some pairs of...
SINGAPORE ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...to office yesterday ); the plural inflection -s ( I got three sister and two brother ); the present-tense inflection -s ( This radio sound good ; My...many year ago ); the past-tense inflection -ed / -t (‘ask...
STRONG VERB
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...rung . In contrast, WEAK VERBS add inflections: play , played , played . These terms...past participle holpen (with the -en inflection found in some Modern English irregular...verbs, the pronunciation of the -ed inflection as /(ə)d/ or /t/ varying...
Latin language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...five declensions and six cases in its inflection of the noun; there was no definite...numbers (singular and plural). Verb inflection was highly developed, expressing tense...prepositions, its less frequent employment of inflection, its greater regularity of word order...

Dictionary entries related to "inflection"

inflection of notes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music inflection of notes. Sharp ♯ Double Sharp x Raising the note a half...the next measure, that latter also is understood to be included in the inflection. Additions are made to the names of the notes as shown below. Because...
inflection
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...inflecting words. 2. the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice: she spoke slowly and without inflection | the variety of his vocal inflections. ∎  the variation of the pitch of a musical note. 3. chiefly Math. a change...
Gua De Malves, Jean Paul De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...singularities: multiples, points, cusps, and points of inflection. In this area he skillfully used coordinate transformations...explicitly asserted that if a cubic admits three points of inflection, the latter are aligned. He also introduced two new types...
thematic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x220E;  (of a vowel) connecting the theme of a word to its inflections. ∎  (of a word) having a vowel connecting its theme to its inflections. • n. 1. ( thematics ) [treated as sing. or pl. ] a...
Hesse, Ludwig Otto
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Again the problem can be traced to Jacobi. A treatise on the inflection points of cubic curves immediately followed this work. Within...homogeneous forms, Hesse obtained the result that the points of inflection of a curve C n of the n th order are generally given as the...
Juel, Sophus Christian
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...curve and setting up a correspondence principle and theory of inflection points. His third-order elementary curve is very close...order algebraic curve but no longer has three points of inflection on one straight line. Juel worked also on the theory of finite...
She Done Him Wrong
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...movies. There is no overestimating the last of these characteristics. With the death of silent film, individuality of vocal inflection assumed paramount importance; with the demise specifically of silent comedy, the human voice substituted for some of the...
Hawke, Ethan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...courtesy with an attentive courtesy of our own, we shall notice all kinds of things going on, subtleties of response, of inflection, of expression. He is not conventionally handsome but he has a most expressive and interesting face; from early in his...
inflect
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...gram.) vary the termination of XVII; modulate the tone of XIX. — L. inflectere , f. IN-1 + flectere bend. inflection , inflexion bending, curvature XVI; modulation of voice XVI; (gram.) modification of form in declension, etc. XVII...
ending
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...book or movie: the ending of the Cold War. ∎  the furthest part or point of something: a nerve ending. ∎  the final part of a word, constituting a grammatical inflection or formative element.

Thesaurus entries related to "inflection"

inflection
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English inflection • noun   1. the inflection of the line synonyms : curving...arch.   2. the inflection of his voice synonyms : change...xA0; 3. a language with inflections synonyms : conjugation, declension...
cadence
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus cadence • noun  there is a musical cadence in her speech synonyms : intonation, modulation, lilt, accent, inflection; rhythm, tempo, meter, beat, pulse; Music resolution.
dare
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...lenient—e.g.: “As a modal, dare exhibits abnormal time reference in that it can be used, without inflection, for past as well as present time: ‘The king was so hot-tempered that no one dare tell him the bad news...
diction
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...his careful diction synonyms : enunciation, articulation, elocution, locution, pronunciation, speech, intonation, inflection; delivery.   2. her diction was archaic synonyms : phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, wording, language...
lilt
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus lilt • noun  the lilt of her Scottish accent synonyms : cadence, rise and fall, inflection, intonation, rhythm, swing, beat, pulse, tempo.
note
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...preeminence, illustriousness, greatness, prestige, fame, renown, reputation, acclaim, consequence.   6. a note of amusement in her voice synonyms : tone, intonation, inflection, sound, indication, hint, element.
accent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...accent • noun   1. a British accent synonyms : pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, utterance.   2. the accent on the first syllable synonyms : stress, emphasis, accentuation...
intonation
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus intonation • noun   1. she read with the wrong intonation synonyms : inflection, pitch, tone, timbre, cadence, lilt, rise and fall, modulation, speech pattern; accentuation, accent, emphasis, stress...
lie
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...USAGE NOTES   lie In the sense of telling an untruth, the verb is inflected lie , lied , lied . The more troublesome inflections belong to the senses of reclining, being placed, and being situated: lie , lay , lain . A murderer may lie in wait . Yesterday...
monotony
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...humdrumness, lack of interest, lack of excitement, prosaicness, wearisomeness, dullness, boredom, tedium, tiresomeness.   2. the monotony of her voice synonyms : flatness, tonelessness, lack of inflection, drone.

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Models of Inflection.(Review)
Magazine article from: Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Teresa Parodi, editors: Models of Inflection. Linguistische Arbeiten 388. Tubingen...five categories: (i) the nature of inflection (Fabri, Booij, Ortmann, Nubling...and Scheer), (v) acquisition of inflection (Elsen, Lindner, Lleo). (Three...
JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS: Jupiter unveils Inflection Impact Index at inaugural MindShare Forum.
M2 Presswire; 6/22/1999; 700+ words ; ...Forum, the Jupiter Inflection Impact Index provides...impact of emerging inflection technologies. "Industry inflections can be technological...According to the Inflection Impact Index, inflections will surround and engulf...
Jupiter Communications Unveils Inflection Impact Index at Inaugural MindShare Forum.
Business Wire; 6/21/1999; 700+ words ; ...Forum, the Jupiter Inflection Impact Index provides...impact of emerging inflection technologies. "Industry inflections can be technological...According to the Inflection Impact Index, inflections will surround and engulf...
InTouch Systems Announces Inflection 3.0; Latest Release of Voice Portal Software Offers Wireless and Internet Service Providers a Unique Approach to Attract and Retain Subscribers.
Business Wire; 12/21/1998; 700+ words ; ...InTouch Systems announced today InFlection 3.0, a voice portal providing access...capabilities of previous versions of InFlection, giving users a natural language...voice-controlled user interface, InFlection unifies access and control of a wide...
Conversa Previews Conversa Inflection, a Conversational Environment in Which PCs Listen, Think and Respond.
PR Newswire; 2/8/1999; 700+ words ; ...would it say to you? Introduce Conversa Inflection(TM) -- Conversa's new Windows...to your PC and find out. Conversa Inflection is designed to embrace and extend the...if having a conversation. Conversa Inflection hosts custom and end-user created...
Which way? Inflection points
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/27/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Tribune 08-27-2008 Which way? Inflection points Byline: Joseph R. Biden...something very basic - the concept of inflection points. You'll remember from...or maybe you won't) that an inflection point is where the slope of a...
Inflection Point 2007, Invitation-Only Event, Sponsored by SEMDirector, Provides Forum for Thought Leaders to Discuss the Future of Search Marketing.
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Navigating the inflection point: chief operational risk officers are navigating through a period of change in a challenging environment.(G-COR II)
Magazine article from: The RMA Journal; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...re driving along that curve, the inflection point is where the steering wheel is...managers should be "navigating the inflection point." Newberry cited numerous factors...which we are characterizing as an inflection point. Why do we have an inflection...
COURT SAYS JUDGE'S VOICE INFLECTION IRRELEVANT RULING SAYS JURORS SHOULD BE TOLD TO IGNORE VOICE TONE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/24/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...urging jurors to pay no heed to the inflection of their voices. "We do not expect...behavior for a judge to vary the inflection of his or her voice. . . . However, a seemingly innocent voice inflection may give the jury a wrong impression...
Inflection.(definition of the term)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2002; 369 words ; II. INFLECTION. Inflection is a bending or sliding of the voice either upward or downward. The upward or rising inflection is an upward slide of the voice, and is marked by the acute accent...