Inflectional: meaning, definitions and examples

grammar terminology

Inflectional refers to the grammatical feature of words that change form to express different grammatical functions such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case. Inflectional morphemes are used in many languages to indicate such variations, making them essential in the study of linguistics.

grammatical, morphemic.

Examples of usage

• The inflectional suffix '-ed' indicates past tense.

• In Latin, verbs show inflectional variations for different persons.

• English has fewer inflectional endings compared to other languages.

• Inflectional languages often have complex verb conjugations.

• The plural form of nouns is an example of inflectional morphology.