synthetic languages
1synthetic languages — plural noun Those that use inflectional forms instead of word order, prepositions, etc to express syntactical relationships • • • Main Entry: ↑synthesis …
2synthetic languages — См. lingue sintètiche …
3Synthetic language — A synthetic language, in linguistic typology, is a language with a high morpheme per word ratio. This linguistic classification is largely independent of morpheme usage classifications (such as fusional, agglutinative, etc.), although there is a… …
4synthetic language — any language in which syntactic relations within sentences are expressed by inflection (the change in the form of a word that indicates distinctions of tense, person, gender, number, mood, voice, and case) or by agglutination (word… …
5synthetic — I. adjective Etymology: Greek synthetikos of composition, component, from syntithenai to put together Date: 1697 1. relating to or involving synthesis ; not analytic < the synthetic aspects of a philosophy > 2. attributing to a subject something… …
6synthetic — /sɪnˈθɛtɪk / (say sin thetik) adjective Also, synthetical. 1. of, relating to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic). 2. denoting or relating to chemical compounds, resins, rubbers, etc., formed by chemical reaction in a… …
7Bantu languages — Bantu Geographic distribution: Subsaharan Africa, mostly Southern Hemisphere Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid …
8Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …
9Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… …
10Slavic languages — or Slavonic languages Branch of the Indo European language family spoken by more than 315 million people in central and eastern Europe and northern Asia. The Slavic family is usually divided into three subgroups: West Slavic, comprising Polish,… …
