what does inflection mean?

Answer 1

A change of pitch, tone or loudness of the voice when speaking. Sometimes you will speak louder and emphasize certain words when you are trying to make a point. Or you might whisper and drag out some words if you are telling a scary story. It is what makes language interesting and easier to listen to speeches. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Inflection - Alteration in pitch or tone of the voice. Modulation of the voice. The rise and fall of your voice in 'normal' speech where certain words are stressed for effect (loud/quiet), the voice lifts up at the end of a question or drops in sadness, These are inflections and what make a speech more interesting, rather than speaking in a flat monotone. Practice in front of a mirror, that often helps.

Answer 3

The change in form of a word to show grammatical functions is called "inflection". i.e

SINGULAR PLURAL

apple subject apples subject
apple object apples object
apple's possessor apples' possessor

In English, inflection is rather limited, and we rely on position mainly to tell us what the words in the sentence are doing to each other.

Answer 4

"a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
prosody: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
deviation from a straight or normal course
modulation: a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
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Inflection or inflexion refers to a modification or marking of a word (or more precisely lexeme) so that it reflects grammatical (i.e. relational) information, such as grammatical gender, tense, person, etc.
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The change in form of a word, which indicates a grammatical change:eg. behave - behaved - behaviour - misbehave.
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Inflection is having more than one form to mean different grammatical roles. English nouns have inflection to mean singular and plural, such as cat and cats. Inflection of verbs is often called conjugation. English verbs have inflection to mean present and past, such as eat and ate.
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(in·flec·tion, in·flex·ion) (in-flek¢sh[schwa]n) [L. inflexio; in in + flectere to bend] the act of bending inward or the state of being bent inward, as of a limb.
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The rise and fall of voice pitch used for expression.
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variations or changes that words undergo to indicate their relations with other words and changes in meaning.
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refers to an alteration in pitch or tone of voice or to a change in the form of a word indicating grammatical features such as number, person, or tense.
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the opposite of monotone. A voice with good inflection varies in tempo, pitch, and volume.
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The rising and falling in the pitch of the voice.
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is grammatical ending. Eg -ed, -es, -s etc.
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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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