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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 inflexion . A grammatical form of a word. Some languages make more use of inflections than others: LATIN...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PARTICIPLE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...participle This verb form ends with the inflection -ing and is used in combination with...participle This verb form ends with the inflection spelled -ed , -d , or -t for all...irregular verbs form it with an -en or -n inflection (as in stolen , known ) or with a change...
D
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...exception of /t/), the past-tense inflection d is pronounced /t/: sacked , touched...Variations on -ED The regular past-tense inflection adds -ed to the verb stem ( sail...2) If pronounced /t/, the inflection was formerly often written t : in early...
Specific Language Impairment
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...progress they make. They seem to have particular problems with inflection and word forms, such as leaving off endings when forming...to problems with speech sound perception, suggesting that inflection and word forms such as endings are hard for the child to perceive...

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 ...process or practice of 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...
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...
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...
verbal noun
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ver·bal noun • n. Gram. a noun formed by inflection of a verb and partly sharing its constructions, such as smoking in smoking is forbidden . See -ing 1 .
periphrasis
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...circumlocutory phrase. ∎  Gram. the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter .
indefinite
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...not clearly expressed or defined; vague: their status remains indefinite. ∎  Gram. (of a word, inflection, or phrase) not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. DERIVATIVES: in·def·i...
cadence
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ca·dence / ˈkādns / • n. 1. a modulation or inflection of the voice: the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate. ∎  such a modulation in reading aloud...
case
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...the word to other words in the sentence: the accusative case. ∎  such a relation whether indicated by inflection or not: English normally expresses case by the use of prepositions. PHRASES: as the case may be according to the circumstances...

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, curvature, bending...bow, crook, angle, arc, arch.   2. the inflection of his voice synonyms : change of pitch/tone/timbre...
tone
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...speak in an angry tone | whisper in soft tones synonyms : tone of voice, mode of expression, expression, intonation, inflection, modulation, accentuation.   3. the tone of his letter was optimistic synonyms : mood, air, attitude, character...
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.
intonation
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...intonation • noun   1. a characteristic Southern intonation synonyms : pitch, tone, timbre, cadence, lilt, inflection, accentuation, emphasis, stress.   2. listen to the intonation of the monks synonyms : chant, chanting, incantation...
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.
cadence
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...the cadence of the music synonyms : rhythm, beat, pulse, rhythmical flow/pattern, measure, meter, tempo, swing, lilt, cadency.   2. the cadence of her speech synonyms : intonation, inflection, accent, modulation.
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...
accent
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus accent • noun   1. a Bronx accent synonyms : pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, manner of speaking, delivery; brogue, burr, drawl, twang.   2. the...
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.
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...

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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...
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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...
JUPITER COMMUNICATIONS: Jupiter unveils Inflection Impact Index at inaugural MindShare Forum.
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Reaching a strategic inflection point: current education reform initiatives and arts education.
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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...
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...
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...