accidence
How words change
Accidence is the part of grammar dealing with how words change form—the inflections that mark tense, number, case, and the like.
English accidence is relatively simple compared to Latin or German: we add -s for plurals, -ed for past tense.
The term appears mainly in discussions of language teaching and classical education.
Strained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- voiceSound from throat
- caseContainer or instance
number · gender · person · pluralization · singular · dual · nominative · accusative
Study of structural forms
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- suffixationAdding endings to words
prefixation · agreement · syncretism · umlaut · ablaut · inflectional · affixation · flection
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
- parts of speechCategories of grammatical function
noun · verb · adjective · adverb · pronoun · article · determiner · auxiliary
Of first principles
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
primer · textbook · rote learning · drills · exercises · memorization · schoolroom · classical education
tense
Strained or nervous
case · number · gender · person · pluralization · singular · dual · nominative · accusative · genitive
morphology
Study of structural forms
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
suffixation · prefixation · agreement · syncretism · umlaut · ablaut · inflectional · affixation · flection · ending
morphology
Study of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
parts of speech · noun · verb · adjective · adverb · pronoun · article · determiner · auxiliary · agreement
elementary
Of first principles
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
basics · primer · textbook · rote learning · drills · exercises · memorization · schoolroom · classical education · language instruction
accidencesyntax
Rules for arranging words
word order · sentence structure · derivation · word formation · semantics
- by accidentWithout intent or planning
- car accidentCollision involving automobiles
- have an accidentSuffer unintended harm
- traffic accidentCollision between vehicles
- freak accidentRare, unpredictable calamity
- happy accidentUnintended but beneficial event
accident, accidental, accidentally, accidents, nonaccidental, accident-prone