Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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inflection | Yes | No | No | No |
prosody | Yes | No | No | No |
inflection (noun) | prosody (noun) |
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the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | the study of poetic meter and the art of versification |
a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified | the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
deviation from a straight or normal course | (prosody) a system of versification |
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function |