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INFLECTED
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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© Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information)
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INFLECTED. A term in
LINGUISTICS for a language in which a word takes various forms, most commonly by alteration of an ending, to show its grammatical role: Greek
ho lúkos the wolf (nominative CASE and subject of the sentence),
ton lúkon the wolf (accusative case and object of the sentence). Languages vary in their degree of inflection. The
INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES were originally highly inflected, as shown by the forms of nouns, verbs, and adjectives in GREEK and
LATIN. See
LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY.
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Inflection Point 2007, Invitation-Only Event, Sponsored by SEMDirector, Provides Forum for Thought Leaders to Discuss the Future of Search Marketing.
Business Wire; 1/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...automation software, today announced Inflection Point 2007, an invitation-only event...being held this week in San Diego. Inflection Point 2007 is a forum for discussion...Omniture. The theme of the event, Inflection Point, is based on the accelerating...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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