inflection
3
6.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
- Specialized
:
flexión
- Details of every note and inflection are aurally absorbed, as are aspects of style, expression, improvisatory vocabulary, tone, articulation, and technique.
- verb inflection
Examples
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The only difference between English and French is that English modals have no inflections.
Blog text (31) -
Correctly reading the word earned two points; reading the word with inappropriate inflection or dropping a suffix earned one point.
Academic text (2015) -
There is no inflection in your written words to indicate that you are joking.
Blog text (25) -
Each time you run through it, you see different inflections you might use.
Academic text (2012) -
At first, you may demonstrate and ask the students to repeat your inflections.
Academic text (2006) -
The authors indicated that these phonological details were required for several grammatical inflections and many function words in both languages.
Academic text (2012) -
My analysis focuses more attention on storylines that reappear in diverse settings with varying inflections.
Academic text (1996) -
In English, the inflection of verbs can change based on the subject and tense.
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Students often learn the past tense inflection by adding '-ed' to regular verbs.
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Understanding the correct inflection of nouns is essential for grammatical accuracy.
Compounds
How Inflected
- Specialized
3
6.2
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inflection comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and flectere 'to bend', the same root as flex (like when you 'flex' your arm). So a grammatical inflection is like 'bending' a word's form by adding an ending to show tense, number, or case.