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総合的言語 (そうごうてきげんご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

総そう合ごう的てき言げん語ご

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Meanings

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noun

synthetic language

linguistics

Linguistics term for a language that uses inflectional morphemes to express grammatical relationships, as opposed to isolating or analytic languages.

日本にほん語ごは膠こう着ちゃく語ごであり、総そう合ごう的てき言げん語ごの一いっ種しゅと見みなされることがある。
Japanese is an agglutinative language and is sometimes considered a type of synthetic language.

Kanji

総general, whole, all
合fit, suit, join
的bull's eye, mark, target
言say, word
語word, speech, language

Similar words

分ぶん析せき的てき言げん語ご
Analytic language; relies on word order and particles rather than inflection, opposite of synthetic language.
膠こう着ちゃく語ご
Agglutinative language; a subtype of synthetic language where morphemes are added in a regular, one-to-one fashion.

Etymology

Compound of 総合的 (synthetic, comprehensive) + 言語 (language), calque from English 'synthetic language'.