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Definition of Inflections
1. inflection [n] - See also: inflection
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflections
Literary usage of Inflections
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"The comparative indistinctness of the plural inflections is probably the result
of the case-inflections having blended with the' following ..."
2. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1900)
"Inflections. OLD ENGLISH. 1023. In OE the adjectives have the three genders of
nouns, and the same inflections, though with partially different forms, ..."
3. New Science of Elocution: The Elements and Principles of Vocal Expression in by S. S. Hamill (1886)
"Inflections. Inflections are changes in Pitch either upward or downward through
the concrete movement. They are special combinations of Pitch and Movement, ..."
4. The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice by Ebenezer Porter (1854)
"Inflections. Description of Inflections. THE absolute modifications of the voice
in speaking are four; namely, monotone, rising inflection, ..."
5. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"A thousand years ago our own language also abounded in inflections, ... Nouns and
pronouns have inflections of number which show whether they refer to one ..."
6. Elocution and Action by Frank Townsend Southwick (1903)
"Minor Inflections. The rising and falling inflections used iu ordinary ...
We have also minor inflections, used in expressions of pity, Weakness, or horror. ..."
7. King's College Lectures on Elocution: Or, The Physiology and Culture of by Charles John Plumptre (1881)
"%v$, Theory of the Inflections of the Human Voice—Practical illustration—Inflections
of the Voice as a means of expression natural to ..."
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