declensional
Relating to case-forms
Declensional describes anything relating to declension—the system of noun, pronoun, or adjective forms that indicate grammatical relationships like case, number, and gender.
Languages like Latin, German, and Russian have elaborate declensional systems; English retains only traces, mainly in pronouns: The declensional distinction between "who" and "whom" is fading in everyday speech.
Relating to word-form changes
- morphologicalConcerning form or shape
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
- paradigmaticServing as ideal model
- nominalIn designation only
adjectival · suffixal · synthetic · agglutinative · conjugational · paradigm · endings · Latin
Language's structural rules
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- memorizationCommitting information to recall
charts · tables · classroom · pedagogy · rote · curriculum · instruction · traditional
inflectional
Relating to word-form changes
- morphologicalConcerning form or shape
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
- paradigmaticServing as ideal model
nominal · adjectival · suffixal · synthetic · agglutinative · conjugational · paradigm · endings · Latin · Sanskrit
grammar
Language's structural rules
memorization · charts · tables · classroom · pedagogy · rote · curriculum · instruction · traditional · classical