1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 12 The process or result of changing the form of a word to express a syntactic function without changing the word's grammatical class, as run to ran or runs.
a word form using an affix attached to the root of a word to make it suitable for a particular syntactic use within its paradigmatic class, ¶2-4-3. An inflectional affix opposes a derivational one.
A change in the form of a word to show a specific meaning or grammatical function: verb: talk, talks, talked; noun: dog, dogs, dog?s, dogs?; pronoun: he, him, his; they, them, their, theirs; adjective: thin, thinner, thinnest; adverb: rapidly, more rapidl
The rise and fall of voice pitch used for expression.
The modification of the form of a word including the declension of nouns, adjectives and pronouns, and the conjugation of verbs.
the change in the form of a word to indicate number, person, case, tense, or degree.
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
an affix which marks grammatical properties such as number, person, tense, case
an element we add to a word to change its meaning
a variation in the form of a word used to indicate a change in meaning or a change in grammatical relationships with other elements in the sentence
a variation of the form of a word that gives the word a different meaning or function
An affix or form change which indicates grammatical relationships without changing the meaning or category of a word; English has eight inflectional suffixes which mark functions such as number, person, aspect, and verb tense; for example, the inflection -ing marks the present participle forms of verbs in English. These form paradigms in languages, and are vulnerable to change by analogy.
any change in tone or pitch of the voice (Webster's World Wide Dictionary).
A suffix or ending. Spanish has a highly inflected verb system.
refers to an alteration in pitch or tone of voice or to a change in the form of a word indicating grammatical features such as number, person, or tense.
The change in form of a word, which indicates a grammatical change:eg. behave - behaved - behaviour - misbehave.
Small alteration of the pitch by a microtonal interval. See also blue note.
Inflection is having more than one form to mean different grammatical roles. English nouns have inflection to mean singular and plural, such as cat and cats. Inflection of verbs is often called conjugation. English verbs have inflection to mean present and past, such as eat and ate.
The change made in the form of words to show what grammatical part they play in a sentence. For example: Him is formed from the inflection of he.
variations or changes that words undergo to indicate their relations with other words and changes in meaning.
Inflection is having more than one form to express different grammatical roles. English nouns have inflection to show number, such as cat and cats. Verb inflection is sometimes called conjugation. English verbs have inflection to show tense, such as eat and ate.
An alternation of the form of a word by adding suffixes without changing the basic meaning or part of speech, as in making rugs from rug, or by changing the form of a base word, as in making ate from eat.
An alteration of the form of a word by adding affixes, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of the base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.
Sliding the pitch up or down the utterance of a sound or syllable.
Bound morpheme with grammatical meaning. Inflections do not change the word class of the word and in English occur as suffixes. McGowan lists the following English inflections: For nouns {S} 'plural' and {S} 'possessive'; for verbs {S} '3rd person singular present,' {D} 'past tense,' {D} 'past participle,' {-ing} 'progressive'; for adjectives {-er} 'comparative and {-est} 'superlative.' The history of English shows the reduction of inflections over time.
(class): Inflection is variation in the form of a word, typically by means of an affix, that expresses a grammatical contrast which is obligatory for the stem's word class in some given grammatical context. (Linguistic Glossary)
the change in form of a word to represent a change in tense etc. In English an example would be run, runs, ran and running. In highly inflected languages such as Latin there will be many more forms. See also: (1) Conjugation and (2) Declension.