- polysynthetic languages
Словарь лингвистических терминов. – М.: Издательство иностранной литературы. Ж. Марузо. 1960.
polysynthetic languages
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Polysynthetic language — Polysynthetic languages are highly synthetic languages, i.e. languages in which words are composed of many morphemes. DefinitionThe degree of synthesis refers to the morpheme to word ratio. Languages with more than one morpheme per word are… … Wikipedia
polysynthetic — /pol ee sin thet ik/, adj. 1. (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Cf.… … Universalium
polysynthetic — pol•y•syn•thet•ic [[t]ˌpɒl i sɪnˈθɛt ɪk[/t]] also pol y•syn•thet′i•cal adj. ling. (of a language) characterized by the use of long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings, as many American Indian … From formal English to slang
polysynthetic — /ˌpɒlisɪnˈθɛtɪk/ (say .poleesin thetik) adjective (of a language) having many word elements in a sentence combined into one word, as in a number of Native American languages …
polysynthetic — a. of languages where whole phrases are combined into one word … Dictionary of difficult words
Na-Dené languages — major grouping (phylum or superstock) of North American Indian languages, consisting of three language families Athabascan (or Athapascan), Haida, and Tlingit with a total of 22 languages. Of these languages 20 belong to the Athabascan… … Universalium
Dené–Caucasian languages — Dené–Caucasian (controversial) Geographic distribution: scattered in Eurasia; northern North America Linguistic classification: Dené Caucasian Proto language: Proto Dené–Caucasian … Wikipedia
Mayan languages — Maya language redirects here. For other uses, see Maya language (disambiguation). Mayan Geographic distribution: Mesoamerica: Southern Mexico; … Wikipedia
Indigenous languages of the Americas — Yucatec Maya writing in the Dresden Codex, ca. 11–12th century, Chichen Itza Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses which… … Wikipedia
Caucasian languages — Group of languages spoken in the Caucasus region that are not members of any language families spoken elsewhere in the world. Caucasian languages, spoken by some nine million people, are divided into three subgroups: the South Caucasian, or… … Universalium
