derivational
- adjective
- /ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃənl/
- Specialized
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derivacional
- In linguistics, derivational forms help illustrate how words can change meaning or function with different prefixes.
- derivational morphology
- derivational suffixes
- derivational morphological awareness
Examples
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To account for a particular constellation of linguistic postulates in English, I have developed the concept of derivational thinking.
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Relevant to the present study are two aspects related to derivational suffixes: productivity and transparency.
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Derivational thinking is the structure our language gives us for human relations.
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In the beginning of Chapter 1 of his Complete Works, Arsuzi states: "The Arabic language has a derivational structure."
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Thus, student performance on such a prompt could provide valuable insights for early developing derivational morphological awareness abilities.
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Tyler and Nagy created tasks for children in grades 4, 6, and 8 to assess the emergence of these three derivational knowledge types.
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The MRT was administered as an additional measure to assess participants' general morphological awareness of derivational structures.
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For the purpose of the present study, we created an evaluation called the Derivational Acquisition in Context Evaluation (DAICE).
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Results indicated a significant increase in accuracy across grade levels and also a relation between sensitivity to derivational relatedness and decoding ability.
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The derivational processes in English allow speakers to create new words from existing ones, such as adding prefixes and suffixes.
Synonyms
About how people make new words and structures
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Making new words by adding prefixes or suffixes to other words
Surface Forms
Morphology
derivational = derivation (transparent) = derive + ation + al
The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'derivation' with the suffix '-al', so the meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
The word derivational comes from Latin parts de- ('from') and rivus ('stream'), the same root in English river. So a derivational process is like 'drawing' a small stream from a river: you make a new word from an old one by adding a prefix or a suffix.
