polysynthetic


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forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning

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These observations raise a problem I have not yet touched upon: how are so-called polysynthetic languages to be considered?
The long needles lying along the polysynthetic twin planes were seen at high magnification to consist of tiny particles rather than a monocrystalline mineral.
The first one occurs as medium-grained individuals with heteroblastic to subidioblastic shape (Figure 4), showing characteristic rhombohedral cleavage and polysynthetic twinning.
This paper proposes a conceptual model for a n-tier client-server application for financing activities through the contribution of the masses, a notion expressed in general English by the polysynthetic term "Crowd-funding".
1) the superiority claimed by certain researchers for the languages of Europe, which are extremely developed as flexional system, against the "cumbersome," unmanageably difficult systems of agglutinative or polysynthetic languages of northern Asia and of America (Georg von der Gabelentz, 1891; cf.
Albite frequently occurs in medium- to fine-grained aggregates, which show polysynthetic twinning.
It can be distinguished from other type of feldspars because of its polysynthetic twinning visible in crystals.
The Nez Perce language is polysynthetic, meaning that words are constructed by attaching affixes to root verbs.
Under "crossed" polarized light we have observed polysynthetic twining which resembles twining in feldspar minerals.
Bowern (2006) mentions complex predicates in Australian languages (Bardi) and Johns (2005) mentions merging of nouns and light verbs in polysynthetic languages Inuktitut and Mahawk.