| Lemma | analytical vs. synthetic language |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Romaine (1988) |
| Titolo | Pidgin and Creole Languages |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | analytic vs. synthetic (inglese) function word (inglese) word order (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The structure of words in an analytical language is morphologically simple, but complex in a synthetic language. Established analytical languages like Chinese, however have only the characteristic of greater isomorphism. To the extent that analytical languages exhibit greater isomorphism, they are more iconic, less arbitrary and presumably more grammatical than synthetic languages like Sanskrit. A language which is analytic in structure indicates syntactic relations by means of function words and word order as opposed to synthetic languages, where such formal relationships are expressed by the combination of elements (eg prefixes, suffixes, and infixes) with the base or stem word. |