Inflectional Category
Definition:
An inflectional category is a class of affixes that share a common grammatical feature.
Examples:
- Case
- Number
- Gender
- Tense
- Aspect
NonExamples:
The term “inflectional category” needs to be distinguished from these closely related terms:
- Words containing different affixes from the same inflectional category form an inflectional paradigm.
- Stems with a particular pattern of inflection form an inflectional class.
Also Known As:
Grammatical Category
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.