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agglutinative

/əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/

Meanings
  • Noun

    A process of forming new words by adding affixes or combining word elements without altering the meaning of the root word.

    - "The English language has many agglutinative words such as: unhappy, unwilling, unwanted."

Pronunciation
  1. /əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/



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Synonyms

claggy , tenacious
Variants
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agglutinative
Etymology
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The term 'agglutinative' comes from the Latin word 'agglutinare', which means 'to stick together'. This refers to the way new words are formed by adding affixes to root words without changing their meaning.


Trivia
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  1. Agglutinative languages are common in Finland, Hungary, and Turkish.

  2. The longest word in the English language, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, is technically agglutinative, although it is not commonly used in everyday speech.


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  1. Morphology: The branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words, including their morphological components and the rules for combining them.

  2. Affixes: Morphological units that can be added to the beginning or end of a root word to change its meaning or function.


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Agglutinative languages have been studied extensively in linguistics due to their unique word formation processes. These languages are often contrasted with isolating languages, where each word stands alone and has no inherent relationship to other words.

How to Memorize "agglutinative"

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    - Imagine a magnet that attracts and sticks different affixes to a root word to form new words.

  2. associate

    - Associate the meaning of each affix with the root word to remember the new word.

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