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Nov 18, 2019 · In English grammar, a periphrastic construction (pronounced per-eh-FRAS-tik) is one in which an independent word or multi-word expression has the same role as an inflection, such as the use of the auxiliary will with another verb to form the future tense .
- Richard Nordquist
We compare periphrastic (analytic, multiword) constructions with the synthetic (morphological) inflection of verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
Jul 24, 2018 · In rhetoric and prose style, periphrasis is a roundabout way of saying something: the use of an unnecessarily lengthy expression in place of one that's more direct and concise. Periphrasis is a type of verbosity . Periphrasis (or circumlocution ) is commonly considered a stylistic vice. Adjective: periphrastic .
- Richard Nordquist
- Motivation: externally motivated versus morphomic. A first variable in the typology is that the split may be externally motivated (whether morphosyntactically or morphosemantically) or else it may be morphology-internal (morphomic).
- Relatedness: shared versus unique. The second variable in the typology is that the split may follow a division already attested in the morphology of the language, or it may be restricted to a particular phenomenon.
- Specification of pattern. For our third variable, we ask how these patterns are specified. In general, splits may vary along a scale from lexically specified (in the extreme, specified for one lexical item) to fully regular at the other.
- Relevance: ‘internal’ and ‘external’ splits. Thinking first of splits in general, we would expect these to be internal to the lexeme, with no effect on outside elements.
In linguistics and literature, periphrasis ( / pəˈrɪfrəsɪs /) [ 1] is the use of a larger number of words, with an implicit comparison to the possibility of using fewer. The comparison may be within a language or between languages.
Periphrasis, the use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression; a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking. In literature periphrasis is sometimes used for comic effect, as illustrated by Charles Dickens in the speech of the character Wilkins Micawber, who.
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This chapter argues that periphrastic constructions can express features which are not part of the content of their elements. This favours an analysis which integrates them in the morphological paradigm.
