Derivation

The term derivation is used in a number of different senses:

• in generative syntax, it refers to the entire sequence of rule applications in the process of generating a terminal string on the basis of an initial symbol; see derivation (GG);
• in morphology, it refers to word formation through the association of dependent and independent morphemes; see derivation (morphology)
• in historical linguistics, it refers to the relation by which newer linguistic forms and languages descend from their older counterparts; see historical derivation

Other languages

French dérivation (fr) German Derivation (de) Portuguese derivação

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