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| ablative1 |
denoting a grammatical case in some inflected languages that indicates direction or place, time, manner, or agency. [1/3 definitions] |
| accusative |
denoting, relating to, or in a grammatical case that usu. marks direct objects of verbs or objects of prepositions; objective. [1/3 definitions] |
| agreement |
in grammar, correspondence between the number, person, or grammatical gender of two syntactically connected words, esp.that of subject and verb or adjective and noun. [1/5 definitions] |
| anacoluthon |
a sudden shift within a sentence from one grammatical structure to another, esp. when done for rhetorical effect. |
| and |
with; also; along with; as well as (used to connect words with identical grammatical functions). [1/3 definitions] |
| Basic English |
a copyrighted, simplified version of the English language, limited to 850 necessary words and a few grammatical rules, and used esp. as an international communication aid. |
| construe |
to explain the grammatical uses of words in a clause or sentence. [1/6 definitions] |
| dative |
denoting, relating to, or in a grammatical case that usu. marks indirect objects. [1/2 definitions] |
| elliptical |
pertaining to, containing, or characterized by grammatical ellipsis. [1/4 definitions] |
| form class |
a class of words or word elements that share certain grammatical features and therefore function similarly in a language, such as the class of words called adjectives. |
| function |
in grammar, part of speech or grammatical role. [1/5 definitions] |
| functional shift |
a temporary or permanent change in the grammatical function of a word, such as the use of the noun "fax" as a verb in "We'll fax it to you". |
| function word |
a word such as an article, conjunction, or preposition that indicates grammatical structure or relationships but has little or no independent meaning. |
| gender |
a system in many languages in which nouns fall into two or more groups, such as masculine, feminine, or neuter, the members of each group sharing grammatical features such as inflections and pronoun equivalents. [1/3 definitions] |
| genitive |
of, relating to, or denoting a grammatical case that usu. indicates possession, source, or other such relationship. [1/3 definitions] |
| Gullah |
the language of these people, based on English but including vocabulary and grammatical features of several African languages. [1/2 definitions] |
| honorific |
a title, term, or grammatical form communicating respect or honor, used esp. when addressing an elder or social superior. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indo-European |
of or pertaining to a family of languages that share such characteristics as inflection, grammatical number, and usu. gender, including most European and many Indian and Southeast Asian languages. [1/5 definitions] |
| involution |
something complex or intricate, such as a sophisticated grammatical construction. [1/4 definitions] |
| modification |
in grammar, the use of a modifier, or the grammatical or semantic effect of such use. [1/5 definitions] |
| morpheme |
in linguistics, a word or word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful grammatical units. (See allomorph.) |
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