Related Words for inflection

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WordSyllablesCategories
prosody
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Noun
flex
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Noun, Noun
flexion
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Noun, Noun
bending
/x
Noun, Noun
intonation
xx/x
Noun
enunciation
xxx/x
Noun
diction
/x
Noun
phrasing
/x
Noun
accent
x/
Noun
inflectional
x/xx
Adjective
voice
/
Noun
nuance
/x
Noun
accentuation
x/x/x
Noun
cadence
/x
Noun
vocalization
/xx/x
Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
vocalic
/xx
Adjective
punctuation
xx/x
Noun
timbre
/x
Noun
syllable
/xx
Noun
lilt
/
Noun
tone
/
Noun
utterance
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Noun
mannerism
/xxx
Noun
fluency
/xx
Noun
declension
x/x
Noun
drawl
/
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
exclamation
xx/x
Noun
conversational
xx/xx
Adjective
grammatical
x/xx
Adjective
interjection
xx/x
Noun
prosodic
x/x
Adjective
tonality
x/xx
Noun
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun
deictic
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Adjective
characteristic
xxx/x
Noun
differentiation
xxxx/x
Noun
twang
/
Noun
vowel
/x
Noun
expressiveness
x/xx
Noun
articulation
xxx/x
Noun
quavering
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Adjective
sonority
x/xx
Noun
nominalization
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Noun
emotion
x/x
Noun
modulation
xx/x
Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
rasp
/
Noun
vocabulary
x/xxx
Noun
interrogative
xx/xx
Noun, Adjective
tenor
/x
Noun
melody
/xx
Noun
glottal
/x
Noun
affectation
xx/x
Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
pathos
/x
Noun
narration
x/x
Noun
capitalization
xxxx/x
Noun
staccato
x/x
Noun
undertone
/xx
Noun
monotone
/xx
Noun
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
phonetic
x/x
Adjective
subtlety
/xx
Noun
subtext
/x
Noun
formant
/x
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
genitive
/xx
Noun, Adjective
conjugation
xx/x
Noun
transformation
xx/x
Noun
modification
xxx/x
Noun
form
/
Noun
morphology
x/xx
Noun
tense
/
Noun, Adjective
lemma
/x
Noun
grammar
/x
Noun
morph
/
Noun
part of speech
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Phrase, Noun
formative
/xx
Adjective
number
/x
Noun
conversion
x/x
Noun
case
/
Noun
suffix
/x
Noun
verb
/
Adjective, Noun
preterite
/xx
Adjective
regular
/xx
Noun
adjectival
/xxx
Adjective
pronominal
x/xx
Adjective
compounding
x/x
Noun
ergative
/xx
Adjective
adjective
/xx
Adjective
plural
/x
Adjective
noun
/
Noun, Verb
accusative
x/xx
Adjective
tentacles
/xx
Noun
isotherm
xx/
Noun
possessive
x/x
Adjective
participial
x/xxx
Adjective
intransitive
x/xx
Adjective
subjunctive
/xx
Adjective
rising
/x
Verb
affix
/x
Verb, Noun
caesura
//x
Noun
crouch
/
Noun, Verb
emphasis
/xx
Noun
hunch
/
Noun, Verb
paradigm
/xx
Noun
prefix
/x
Noun, Verb
preposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
pronoun
/x
Noun
rhythm
/x
Noun
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
stress
/
Noun, Verb
termination
xx/x
Noun
tipping
/x
Noun
turning
/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb