derivational
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Classification of linguistic concepts: basic or concrete, derivational, concrete relational, pure relational.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
But what prevents us from throwing in these “dispensable” or “secondary” relational concepts with the large, floating group of derivational, qualifying concepts that we have already discussed?
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
At present it is a derivational syllable by which we can convert an adjective into an adverb: brave, brave-ly.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
According to the historical origin of the derivational elements.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
At times, such as when he describes the preterit subjunctive as agueta raba, his divisions fly in the face of derivational history.
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Richard L. Spear
