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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYSYNTHESIS

polysynthesis  [ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYSYNTHESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Polysynthesis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POLYSYNTHESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polysynthetic language

In linguistic typology, polysynthetic languages are highly synthetic languages, i.e. languages in which words are composed of many morphemes. Polysynthetic languages typically have long "sentence-words" such as the Yupik word tuntussuqatarniksaitengqiggtuq which means "He had not yet said again that he was going to hunt reindeer." The word consists of the morphemes tuntu-ssur-qatar-ni-ksaite-ngqiggte-uq with the meanings, reindeer-hunt-future-say-negation-again-third.person.singular.indicative; and except for the morpheme tuntu "reindeer", none of the other morphemes can appear in isolation. Whereas isolating languages have a low morpheme-to-word ratio, polysynthetic languages have a very high ratio. There is no generally agreed upon definition of polysynthesis. Some authors apply it to languages with high morpheme-to-word ratios, whilst others use it for languages that are highly head-marking, or those that frequently use noun incorporation.

Definition of polysynthesis in the English dictionary

The definition of polysynthesis in the dictionary is the use of single words to express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYSYNTHESIS


analysis
əˈnælɪsɪs
antithesis
ænˈtɪθɪsɪs
basis
ˈbeɪsɪs
biosynthesis
ˌbaɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
chemosynthesis
ˌkɛməʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
crisis
ˈkraɪsɪs
diathesis
daɪˈæθɪsɪs
epenthesis
ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs
genesis
ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
hypothesis
haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs
Isis
ˈaɪsɪs
methysis
ˈmɛθɪsɪs
nucleosynthesis
ˌnjuːklɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parasynthesis
ˌpærəˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parenthesis
pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs
photosynthesis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
prosthesis
ˈprɒsθɪsɪs
prothesis
ˈprɒθɪsɪs
psychosynthesis
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
synthesis
ˈsɪnθɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYSYNTHESIS

polystylar
polystyle
polystyrene
polystyrene cement
polystyrene chips
polysulphide
polysyllabic
polysyllabical
polysyllabically
polysyllabicism
polysyllabism
polysyllable
polysyllogism
polysynaptic
polysyndeton
polysynthesism
polysynthetic
polysynthetical
polysynthetically
polysynthetism

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYSYNTHESIS

alternative hypothesis
anthesis
aperture synthesis
catechesis
continuum hypothesis
doctoral thesis
Gaia hypothesis
in parenthesis
Lachesis
mathesis
metathesis
Nemesis
null hypothesis
orchesis
PhD thesis
resynthesis
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
speech synthesis
thesis
voice synthesis
working hypothesis

Synonyms and antonyms of polysynthesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polysynthesis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYSYNTHESIS

Find out the translation of polysynthesis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polysynthesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polysynthesis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

polysynthesis
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polisíntesis
570 millions of speakers

English

polysynthesis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polysynthesis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

polysynthesis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

polysynthesis
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polissíntese
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polysynthesis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polysynthèse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polysynthesis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Polysynthese
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

polysynthesis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polysynthesis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polysintesis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

polysynthesis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

polysynthesis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोलीसिन्थिसीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polysynthesis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polysynthesis
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polysynthesis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

polysynthesis
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polysynthesis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολυσύνθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polysynthesis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polysynthesis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polysynthesis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polysynthesis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYSYNTHESIS»

The term «polysynthesis» is used very little and occupies the 192.388 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYSYNTHESIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about polysynthesis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYSYNTHESIS»

Discover the use of polysynthesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polysynthesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Polysynthesis Parameter
This book investigates in detail the grammar of polysynthetic languages--those with very complex verbal morphology.
Mark C. Baker, 1996
2
Variations on Polysynthesis: The Eskaleut Languages
This work is comprised of a set of papers focussing on the extreme polysynthetic nature of the Eskaleut languages which are spoken over the vast area stretching from Far Eastern Siberia, on through the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Canada, ...
Marc-Antoine Mahieu, Nicole Tersis, 2009
3
The Polysynthesis Parameter
This book investigates in detail the grammar of polysynthetic languages--those with very complex verbal morphology.
Mark C. Baker Associate Professor of Linguistics Rutgers University, 1995
4
Problems of Polysynthesis
The papers deal with a range of questions raised for linguistic theory and description by polysynthetic languages.
Nicholas Evans, Hans-Jürgen Sasse, 2002
5
Dependent-head Synthesis in Nivkh: A Contribution to a ...
The endowments are granted for outstanding innovative and comprehensibly documented research.This book offers an innovative approach to three interlaced topics: A systematic analysis of the morphosyntatic organization of Nivkh ...
Johanna Mattissen, 2003
6
Bog Walk Pitcher Plants Meet Implicate Polysynthesis
Jerry Madson describes the development of his avant garde visual arts and philosophy.
Jerry Madson, 2007
7
American Anthropologist
The feature known as " polysynthesis " in American dialects, and which consists of a combination of two or more uninflected bases in one word, in which one of the bases expresses the principal idea, and is put at the end of the word, while the ...
‎1905
8
The Andover Review
The author might have noted how, by a strange reversion, the later Sanskrit has come to simulate this Polysynthesis through Composit1on_prolonged into words of unmanageable length. But it is only a sim"lal'»1°1_1» as on the other hand the  ...
‎1890
9
Histories of Anthropology Annual
and in an article, “Polysynthesis in the Languages of the American Indians” covering the same ground published two months later in the American Anthropologist. At issue was the suggestion of Peter Duponceau earlier in the century that ...
Regna Darnell, Frederic Wright Gleach, 2007
10
New Challenges in Typology: Broadening the Horizons and ...
Rembarrnga. polysynthesis. in. cross-linguistic. perspective. Adam. Saulwick. 1. Introduction At least since the period of classical morphological typology, specific clusters of properties have been claimed as identifying "polysynthetic" as a ...
Matti Miestamo, Bernhard Wälchli, 2007

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYSYNTHESIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polysynthesis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are there really 50 Eskimo words for snow?
Within the Eskimo family of languages there exists a formation called polysynthesis, which allows one word to take on various suffixes for ... «Mother Nature Network, Dec 14»
2
There really are 50 Eskimo words for 'snow'
Each has spawned many dialects, but uniting the family is a feature known as polysynthesis, which allows speakers to encode a huge amount ... «Washington Post, Jan 13»
3
Nanotechnology in the automotive industry
The material doubles as a power source as polysynthesis generates small amounts of electricity. This coupled with hydrogen fuels generates ... «Nanowerk LLC, Nov 10»
4
Computers Emulate Neanderthal Speech
Isolation and polysynthesis are simply two different ways of encoding information; they put no bounds on the expressiveness of a language, ... «Slashdot, Apr 08»

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