Inflection
Related Definitions
[n] the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
[n] a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
[n] deviation from a straight or normal course
[n] a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
Related Terms
accent, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, angle, apex, articulation, bend, bending, bifurcation, bight, bound morpheme, bow, bowing, cant, chevron, coin, conflexure, conjugation, corner, crank, crook, crotchet, cutting, declension, deflection, deri