inflection | Definition from the Linguistics topic

inflection in the Linguistics topic by Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE | What you need to know about Linguistics: words, ... inflectioninLinguisticstopic FromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishinflectionin‧flec‧tion,inflexion/ɪnˈflekʃən/noun    1[uncountable]SLGtechnicalthewayinwhichawordchangesitsformtoshowadifferenceinitsmeaningoruse2[countable]SLGtechnicaloneoftheformsofawordthatchangesinthisway,oroneofthepartsthatisaddedtoit3[countable,uncountable]SLSOUNDthewaythesoundofyourvoicegoesupanddownwhenyouarespeaking—inflectionaladjectiveExamplesfromtheCorpusinflection•Theaudiencesitsmesmerisedbyhisexpressivechoreography,watchingeachinflectionofthehandoreyebrow.•Therewasnoblissinhisinflection.•Thissoundslikeoneofhismoresevereremarks,althoughperhapsanironicalinflectionhasnotsurviveditsreporting.•Myvoice,mytone,myinflection,everything.•Dominicusedtobeamasterofinflection.•Wehavejusthittheinflectionpoint.•Otherverbsincorporatesizeintomovementandprovideadditionalmeaningbytheirinflection.•Hespokeslowlyandwithoutinflection. ExploreLinguisticsTopic aphorism loanword voiceless homograph nasal onomatopoeia ellipsis phonetics stop aspirate hyperbole pronounce mnemonic simile speechtherapy tongue linguistic philology glide encode neologism consonant phonic phonology structuralism vocabulary spelling sic context synonym nasal antonym pronunciation sibilant monosyllable orientalist oxymoron polysyllabic alphanumeric ideogram ShowallentriesfromTopic:Linguistics Othertopics Chronology Offices Bicycles,carts,horses Drugculture Astrology Mythology Conditionsofemployment Crime Nationality&race Golf Earthsciences Communications Biology Advertising&marketing Birth Odours Tennis Utensils Baseball Tastes