Glossary entry

Hungarian term or phrase:

számképzése

English translation:

plural suffixes

Added to glossary by Jonathan Morris
Mar 20, 2010 11:16
14 yrs ago
Hungarian term

számképzése

Hungarian to English Art/Literary Linguistics
The title of a book.

Az altaji nyelvek számképzése.

something of the Altaic languages
Proposed translations (English)
2 +3 plural suffixes

Discussion

Jim Tucker (X) Mar 20, 2010:
This is an old chestnut for linguists since not only do the Altaic languages (particularly Mongolian and Tungus) have many plural formations, but they also allow the addition of plural suffixes to other plural suffixes.

Proposed translations

+3
8 mins
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plural suffixes

www.altaica.ru/LIBRARY/POPPE/Poppe_plural.pdf

or pehaps formation of the plural
Peer comment(s):

agree juvera
20 mins
agree Jim Tucker (X) : (The) Formation of the Plural in the Altaic Languages (because it's more than just a matter of suffixes; morphology requires that changes be made to the stem as well, or to adjacent affixes).
25 mins
agree Tradeuro Language Services
7 days
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