fusional language
- noun
- /ˈfjuːʒənl ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
- Specialized
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lengua fusional
- In a fusional language, a single suffix might indicate case, number, and gender at the same time.
Examples
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Spanish is an example of a fusional language, where verb endings encode both tense and subject.
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Many Indo-European languages, like Russian and Latin, are considered fusional languages.
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Spanish is an example of a fusional language.
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Many fusional languages have complex verb conjugations.
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In a fusional language, a single suffix might indicate case, number, and gender at the same time.
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Many Indo-European languages, like Russian and Latin, are considered fusional languages.
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Spanish is an example of a fusional language, where verb endings encode both tense and subject.
Synonyms
A language that shows grammar by adding endings or small parts to words
Antonyms
How Fusional
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'fusional' describes the type of morphology (inflectional endings expressing multiple grammatical meanings) and 'language' names the linguistic system, so the combined meaning is directly derivable from the parts. Although technical, the adjective-noun composition follows standard patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the phrase's basic meaning.
Etymology
Fusional language comes from the idea of parts being fused together, like small endings stuck to a word so they are hard to pull apart. So one ending can show 'tense', 'number', and 'case' at the same time, which is why we call it a fusional language.