derivational
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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 Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
By a “fusional-agglutinative” language we would understand one that fuses its derivational elements but allows a greater independence to those that indicate relations.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
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 Sapir, Edward
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 Spear, Richard L.
V. According to the number of the derivational elements.—In fisher, as compared with fish, there is but one derivational affix.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
