| 单词 | inflectional |
| 例句 | Sometimes applied also to such inflectional prefixes as the ge- of the German perfect participle.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The inflectional or formal elements of language are usually derived from words expressing accessory ideas. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Reval Esthonian, which preserves more carefully the full inflectional forms and pays greater attention to the laws of euphony, is recognized as the literary language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z As already hinted, the English language, in the wide sense, presents three main stages of development—Old, Middle and Modern—distinguished by their inflectional characteristics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z It is clear that the idioms of the second group were once isolating, and that inflectional idioms have passed through both the former states. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z Old Irish, as compared with Brythonic, preserves a wealth of inflectional forms in declension and conjugation, but many of these tend to disappear very early. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" In the Huasteca, the governed pronoun separates sometimes the last, sometimes the first syllable of the inflectional form from the stem. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z It was felt essential that the radical portion of each word should stand out in distinct relief, and never be obscured or absorbed, as happens in the third or inflectional stage. Lectures on The Science of Language Similarity of inflectional endings in similar clauses, he pointed out, would naturally develop rime in any inflected language. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History This intensely intellectual temperament reveals itself through her voice in a rare degree of inflectional agility. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation The Brythonic dialects have gone very much farther in giving up inflectional endings than Goidelic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" These parallelisms have been retained in the translation in so far as it has been possible, but sometimes the lack of inflectional endings in English has prevented their literal translation. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose As long as in these sesquipedalian compounds, the significative root remains distinct, they belong to the agglutinative stage; as soon as it is absorbed by the terminations, they belong to the inflectional stage. Lectures on The Science of Language Juxtapositional, combinatory, and inflectional strata in the formation of the Aryan language, iv. Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language The earlier the stage of a given language the greater the amount of its inflectional forms, and the later the stage of a given language, the smaller the amount of them. A Handbook of the English Language The inflectional form of the third person plural is only used when the pronoun “they” is the subject. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The isolating, agglutinative, incorporative, and inflectional languages can be put in a series according to the convenience and correctness of the logical processes which they embody and teach. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Nor is it necessary to distinguish between synthetic and analytical languages, including under the former name the ancient, and under the latter the modern, languages of the inflectional class. Lectures on The Science of Language Languages in India, families of, 70. —— isolating, combinatory, and inflectional, 79. —— suffixing, prefixing, affixing, and infixing, 85. Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language If so, it is the latter d which is radical, and the former which is inflectional. A Handbook of the English Language In Humboldt's classification of language, the Chinese, as we know, is called the isolating as distinguished from the more highly evolved agglutinative, and the still more highly evolved inflectional. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria Thus its fundamental distinction between isolating, agglutinative and inflectional languages is arrived at simply by contrasting the different ways in which words are affected by being put together into a sentence. Anthropology But in their morphological nature these phrases are still inflectional. Lectures on The Science of Language This variation in form is in no way analogous to that produced by inflectional changes, such as occur in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, etc. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Many Roman writers were extremely fond of this sentence-structure, and it was well adapted to the inflectional character of their language; in English we generally avoid it. New Latin Grammar Now and then the Keltic or Iberian names of Gallic or Spanish articles were taken up, but the inflectional system and the syntax of Latin retained their integrity. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Still the change only affects certain inflectional sy1lables, so that the original s being only partially displaced, retains its place in the language, although it occurs in fewer words. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 The fact, therefore, that languages, if once settled, do not change their grammatical constitution, is no argument against our theory, that every inflectional language was once agglutinative, and every agglutinative language was once monosyllabic. Lectures on The Science of Language On this, according to the inflectional laws of the dialects, are built up the terms for the love of man to woman, a lover, love in the abstract, a friend, friendship, and the like. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Examine the bearings of a highly-developed inflectional system like those of the Greek and Latin languages, upon the theory of prose composition. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius In one respect in the inflectional forms of the verb, the purist was unexpectedly successful. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Here, as in 'The Shepherd's Calendar,' he deliberately introduces, especially from Chaucer, obsolete words and forms, such as the inflectional ending in -en, which distinctly contribute to his romantic effect. A History of English Literature I call it a theory, but it is more than a theory, for it is the only possible way in which the realities of Sanskrit or any other inflectional language can be explained. Lectures on The Science of Language With the extant literature of the Vril-ya the inflectional stratum commences. The Coming Race In those cases in which they needed for the rhythm, certain inflectional endings, e, en, es, are retained and are printed in parentheses. Song and Legend from the Middle Ages In English our inflectional forms have been reduced to a minimum, and consequently there is little scope for differences in this respect between the written and spoken languages. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Other philosophers imagine that the combination of roots to form agglutinative and inflectional language is, like the first formation of roots, the result of a natural instinct. Lectures on The Science of Language As far as the formal part of language is concerned, we cannot resist the conclusion that what is now inflectional was formerly agglutinative, and what is now agglutinative was at first radical. Lectures on The Science of Language As the inflectional stage prevailed over the agglutinative, it is surprising to see how much more boldly the original roots of the language project from the surface that conceals them. The Coming Race Turkish language, influence of imported words over the whole native aspect of the, 83. two classes of vowels in, 295. ingenuity of Turkish grammar, 308. its advance towards inflectional forms, 337. Lectures on The Science of Language No language can, by any possibility, be inflectional without having passed through the agglutinative and isolating stratum. The Coming Race In the elder inflectional literature the dual form existed—it has long been obsolete. The Coming Race However primitive the Chinese may be as compared with terminational and inflectional languages, its roots or words have clearly passed through a long process of mutual attrition. Lectures on The Science of Language |
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