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See also:AGGLUTINATION (See also:Lat. ad, and See also:gluten, glutinare, literally to fasten together with See also:glue) , a See also:term used technically in philologyfor the method of word-formation by which two significant words or roots are joined together in a single word to See also:express a See also:combination of the two meanings each of which retains its force . This juxtaposition or conjoining of roots is characteristic of See also:languages such as the See also:Turkish and See also:Japanese, which are there-fore known as agglutinative, as opposed to others, known generically as inflexional, in which See also:differences of termination or combinations in which all See also:separate identity disappears are predominant . The term was also formerly used by associationist philosophers for those See also:mental associations which were regarded as peculiarly See also:close . Combination in its simplest See also:form has been called See also:Agglutination by W . See also:Wundt . |
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