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In linguistics, periphrasis is a device by which grammatical meaning is expressed by one or more free morphemes (typically one or more function words accompanying a content word), instead of by inflectional affixes or derivation.〔Concerning periphrasis in general, see Matthews (1991:11f., 236-238).〕 Periphrastic forms are analytic, whereas the absence of periphrasis is a characteristic of synthesis. While periphrasis concerns all categories of syntax, it is most visible with verb catenae. The verb catenae of English are highly periphrastic. ==Examples== The distinction between inflected and periphrastic forms is usually illustrated across distinct languages. However, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (and adverbs) in English provide a straightforward illustration of the phenomenon.〔Concerning the competing forms of the comparative and superlative in English as an illustration of periphrasis, see Matthews (1981:55).〕 For many speakers, both the simple and periphrastic forms in the following table are possible: :: The periphrastic forms are periphrastic by virtue of the appearance of ''more'' or ''most'', and they therefore contain two words instead of just one. The words ''more'' and ''most'' contribute functional meaning only, just like the inflectional affixes ''-er'' and ''-est''. The distinction is also evident across full verbs and the corresponding light verb constructions: :: The light verb constructions are periphrastic because the light verbs (''give'', ''take'', ''have'') have little semantic content. They contribute mainly functional meaning. The main semantic content of these light verb constructions lies with the noun phrase. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「periphrasis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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