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Accidence

Postby Grogie » Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:37 am

I discovered this word a few days ago while looking up something else(a very common occurrance!). In morphology, it refers to the study of inflection.

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Postby Sunny » Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:46 am

How would you use this in a sentence? I tried to find an example but came up empty.
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Postby Brazilian dude » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:41 pm

Accidence is one of the many facets of morphology.

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Accidence is also inflection itself

Postby Dr. Goodword » Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:22 pm

The accidence of Latin amare "to love", is its endings:

am-o I love
am-as you love
am-at he/she loves
am-amus we love
am-atis yall love
am-ant they love

The accidence of Englis "love" is:
love
love-s
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Postby M. Henri Day » Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:30 pm

I think Grogie's term would make a splendid GWotD, and second the motion !...

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Postby Brazilian dude » Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:37 pm

am-o I love
am-as you love
am-at he/she loves
am-amus we love
am-atis yall love
am-ant they love
Portuguese:
am-o
am-as
am-a
am-amos
am-ais
am-am

Spanish:
am-o
am-as
am-a
am-amos
am-áis
am-an

Italian:
am-o
am-i
am-a
am-iamo
am-ate
am-ano

French:
aim-e
aim-es
aim-e
aim-ons
aim-ez
aim-ent

Catalan:
am-o
am-es
am-a
am-em
am-eu
am-en

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Postby M. Henri Day » Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:02 pm

...

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On his hands ?...

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Postby Brazilian dude » Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:06 pm

Here, there, and everywhere.

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Postby Grogie » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:05 pm

Many thanks for your kindness Henri.

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Postby Grogie » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:14 pm

Dr. Goodword and BD, many thanks for the examples of accidence. I didn,t have a truly clear definition of the word in my mind.

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Postby Brazilian dude » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:19 pm

You're always welcome, Grogie.

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