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adjective
1.
tending or having power to agglutinate or unite: an agglutinative substance.
2.
Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination. Compare inflectional (def. 2), isolating.
Related forms
an·ti·ag·glu·ti·na·tive, adjective
non·ag·glu·ti·na·tive, adjective
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Agglutinative
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So is language death. Does it mean:
| the borrowing of linguistic forms by one language or dialect from another when both occupy a single geographical or cultural community |
| the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers |
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World English Dictionary
| agglutinative (əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | tending to join or capable of joining |
| 2. | linguistics analytic synthetic Compare polysynthetic Also: agglomerative denoting languages, such as Hungarian, whose morphology is characterized by agglutination |
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agglutinative ag·glu·ti·na·tive (ə-gl&oomacr;t'n-ā'tĭv, -ə-tĭv)
adj.
Concerning or characteristic of agglutination.
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