As adjectives the difference between agglutinative and polysynthetic
is that agglutinative is sticky, tacky, adhesive while polysynthetic is said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where.
agglutinative
English
Adjective
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en adjective)
Sticky, tacky, adhesive.
(linguistics) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.
Related terms
* agglutinant
* agglutinate
* agglutination
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polysynthetic
English
(Polysynthetic language)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(grammar) said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where:
:* baataanitaaanishinaabemong = "being able to speak Ojibwe."
:* ngiinitaaozhibii'amaadimin = "we used to write to each other."
(mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals
See also
* agglutinative
* analytic
* fusional
* incorporating
* inflected
* isolating
Related terms
* oligosynthetic
* polysynthesis
* polysynthesism
* synthetic
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