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2 Inflection
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Inflection does not create new lexical items, in contrast to word formation (especially compounding and derivation).

Traditionally inflection is subdivided into verbal and nominal infection. Tense and aspect are characteristic for verbal inflection, whereas gender is a typically nominal feature. Verbs and pronouns are both inflected for person and number. Participles are verb forms which behave like adjectives (hence they show adjectival inflection).

Table 1
1 nouns gender, number
2 verbs number, person, tense, aspect
3 adjective gender, number, case
4 adverb (gender, number, case)
5 adposition -
6 pronoun person, gender, number, case
7 article person, gender, number, case
8 numeral gender
  • Aden, Menno E. (2022). Über die friesische Sprache des osterlauwersfriesischen/ostfriesischen Kulturraumes. Grammatikalische Zusammenfassungen, Dialektvergleiche und rekonstuktive Annäherungen. Oldenburger Studien Band 97. Oldenburg: Oldenburgische Landschaft, Isensee Verlag.
  • Kramer, Pyt. 1996. Kuute Seelter Sproakleere. Kurze Grammatik des Saterfriesischen. Mildaam. [URL: seeltersk.de]
  • Slofstra, Bouke & Hoekstra, Eric. 2023. Sprachlehre des Saterfriesischen 2022-2023. URL: seeltersk.de
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