| Lemma | coalescence |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | affix (inglese) case system (inglese) concord (inglese) fusion (inglese) inflective language (inglese) radical element (inglese) word (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | French futures of the type 'irai' ' shall go' are but the resultants of a coalescence of originally independent words: 'ir' a'i 'to-go I-have,' under the influence of a unifying accent. From a verb 'to camouflage' we may form the noun 'camouflager' [...] from an adjective 'jazzy' proceeds [...] the noun 'jazziness'. [...] Functionally they are related [...] as is 'goodness' to 'good', but the degree of coalescence between radical element and affix is greater. Radical element and affix [...] cannot be torn apart quite so readily [...] If our language were crammed full of coalescences of the type of 'depth', but if [...] it used the plural independently of verb concord [...] the personal endings independently of tense [...], and the pronouns independently of case [...], we should hesitate to describe it as inflective. |