polysynthesisn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθᵻsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈsɪnθəsəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poly- comb. form, synthesis n.

Etymology: < poly- comb. form + synthesis n., after polysynthetic adj.

Linguistics.

The incorporation of several or all syntactic elements in a sentence into one word; this as a characteristic feature of certain languages. Cf. incorporation n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > polysynthesis

polysynthesis1837

polysynthetism1860

polysyntheticism1862

polysynthesism1866

1837 F. Lieber in Southern Literary Messenger 3 167/1 The term polysynthesis expresses a composition of previously separate parts.

1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 177 Polysynthesis, or the synthesis of many words into one.

1956 J. Whatmough Lang. iii. 42 The ideal seems to be..somewhere between the extremes of monosyllabication and polysynthesis.

1985 D. I. Slobin in Crosslinguistic Study Lang. Acquisition III. 9 We attend to typological factors when encountering languages that have unfamiliar characteristics, such as Eskimo polysynthesis, Bantu prefix concord, and Semitic morphophonemic patterns.

2000 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 19 Feb. j2 Algonquian, like several other native languages, is characterized by polysynthesis, the expression of many sentence elements within a single word.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polysynthesis
释义	polysynthesisn. Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsɪnθəsəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poly- comb. form, synthesis n. Etymology: < poly- comb. form + synthesis n., after polysynthetic adj. Linguistics. The incorporation of several or all syntactic elements in a sentence into one word; this as a characteristic feature of certain languages. Cf. incorporation n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > compounding > polysynthesis polysynthesis1837 polysynthetism1860 polysyntheticism1862 polysynthesism1866 1837 F. Lieber in Southern Literary Messenger 3 167/1 The term polysynthesis expresses a composition of previously separate parts. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 177 Polysynthesis, or the synthesis of many words into one. 1956 J. Whatmough Lang. iii. 42 The ideal seems to be..somewhere between the extremes of monosyllabication and polysynthesis. 1985 D. I. Slobin in Crosslinguistic Study Lang. Acquisition III. 9 We attend to typological factors when encountering languages that have unfamiliar characteristics, such as Eskimo polysynthesis, Bantu prefix concord, and Semitic morphophonemic patterns. 2000 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 19 Feb. j2 Algonquian, like several other native languages, is characterized by polysynthesis, the expression of many sentence elements within a single word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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