infleción
Infleción is a term used in linguistics to describe the modification of a word's form to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case. It is a fundamental process in many languages, allowing for the concise expression of complex grammatical relationships without the need for separate words. For example, in English, the verb "walk" can be inflected to "walked" to indicate past tense, or "walking" to denote a continuous action. Similarly, the noun "cat" can be inflected to "cats" to show plurality.
The specific types of infleción vary significantly between languages. Some languages, like Latin or Russian, have
Infleción can manifest in various ways, including changes in vowels (ablaut), consonants, or the addition of