derivational

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Classification of linguistic concepts: basic or concrete, derivational, concrete relational, pure relational.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

At times, such as when he describes the preterit subjunctive as agueta raba, his divisions fly in the face of derivational history.

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

The derivational element -ihl “in the house” does not mitigate this vagueness or generality; inikw-ihl is still “fire in the house” or “burn in the house.”

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

This is also true of many languages of type B, the terms “agglutinative,” “fusional,” and “symbolic” applying in their case merely to the treatment of the derivational, not the relational, concepts.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

In fishery, as compared with fish, the number of derivational elements is two.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)