Grammar glossary

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Here you will find definitions and examples of grammatical features stored in alphabetical order. Link to these definitions from the various language sections to save you from having to explain general grammatical concepts every time.

• Absolutive
  
• Accusative
  
• Adjective
  
• Adverb
  
• Affix
  
• Agent
• Agentive
  
• Agglutination
  
• Active
  
• Article
  
• Aspect
  
• Auxiliary verb
  
• Case
  
• Circumfix
• Clitic
• Conditional
  
• Conjugation
  
• Conjunction
  
• Dative
  
• Declension
  
• Diacritic
  
• Diminutive
  
• Elision
  
• Empathy hierarchy
  
• Ergative
  
• Future
  
• Gender
  
• Genitive
  
• Honorific
  
• Imperative
  
• Imperfect
  
• Infinitive
  
• Infix
• Inflection
  
• Inverse system
  
• Lenition
  
• Mood
  
• Noun
  
• Nominative
  
• Number
  
• Optative
  
• Passive (also Passive voice)
  
• Perfect
  
• Person
  
• Pluralia tantum
  
• Prefix
  
• Preposition
  
• Present
  
• Pronoun
  
• Reflexive
  
  • Reflexive pronoun
    
  • Reflexive verb
    
• Reported speech
• Root
  
• Stem
  
• Suffix
  
• Superlative
  
• Subject
  
• Tense
  
• Topic system
  
• Verb
  
  • Auxiliary verb
• Vocative
• Voice
  
• Vowel
  
  • Semivowel
    
  • Vowel harmony
    

There is also a Phonetics glossary with explanations of phonetic terms.

If you can't find the term you are looking for there are also other grammatical glossaries on the net, for example

• Usingenglish.com: English grammar terms