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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

According to the historical origin of the derivational elements.

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

At present it is a derivational syllable by which we can convert an adjective into an adverb: brave, brave-ly.

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

But what prevents us from throwing in these “dispensable” or “secondary” relational concepts with the large, floating group of derivational, qualifying concepts that we have already discussed?

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

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