INFLECTIONAL

PARADIGM
GROUP 4: MUTIA LISNA MULYANI
RIZKA AULIA
SRI MULYANTI
Definition of Inflectional Paradigm
 An inflectional paradigm is a set of related words
consisting of the same stem to which different inflectional
suffixes have been added.

 Example:
Brighten, brightens, brightening , brightened, brightened

Great, greater, greatest

Boy, boy’s, boys, boys’

Types of Inflectional Paradigm

NOUN PARADIGM

VERB PARADIGM

PRONOUN PARADIGM

COMPARABLE PARADIGM
 NOUN PARADIGM

Categories in noun paradigm:

1. Singular and Plural Nouns

a) Regular Plural Noun : goats, tables, trees, girls

b) Irregular Plural Noun : mice, children, women

2. Noun Possesive

a) Singular and Plural possessive noun (not end letter “s”)

Singular: maryam’s new handbag matches

Plural: these are men’s shoes

b) Singular and Plural possessive noun (end letter “s”)

Singular: this is Thomas’ coat

Plural: this is my parents’ house

 VERB PARADIGM

Verbs have 5 forms:

1. The stem (base from)
2. The present third-person singular
3. The present participle
4. The past tense
5. The past participle
 1. Stem (base from)
Example : I cook fried rice

2. The present third-person singular

Example : he plays foot ball in the yard

3. The present participle

Example : they are studying together

4. The past tense

Example : my father rang me last night

5. The past participle

Example : she had lived in this village for thirty years

COMPARABLE PARADIGM

1. Regular from for one and two syllable words.

Positive – no change (big, strong, long, etc)

Comprative – words end in “er” (bigger, stronger, longer, etc)

Superlative – word in “est” (biggest, strongest, longest, etc)

Regular forms for three or more syllable words

Positive – no change (understandable, comfortable, etc)

Comparative – use “more” (more understandable, most comfortable, etc)

Superlative – use “most” (most understandable, most comfortable, etc)

Irregular form

Positive – (good)

Comparative – (better)

Superlative – (best)
 PRONOUN PARADIGM

Pronoun paradigm differs from the other three in that it is no a stem – and – affix
group but a small and closed set of words of fixed form or also called a structure
class.
Table of Singular
Singular
Subject Object Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun

1st I Me My Mine
2nd You You Your Yours
3rd M He Him His His
F She Her Her Hers
N It It Its Its
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