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is a device by which a [[grammar|grammatical]] category or relationship is expressed by a [[morfem distag]] (typically one or more [[Ger goullo]]s modifying a content word), instead of being shown by [[inflection]] or [[derivation (linguistics)|derivation]].

Another example is the [[comparative]] and [[superlative]] forms of adjectives, when they are formed with the words ''more'' and ''most'' rather than with the [[suffix]]es ''-er'' and ''-est'': the forms ''more beautiful'' and ''most beautiful'' are periphrastic, while ''lovelier'' and ''loveliest'' are not.<ref>{{cite book| title=A Student's Dictionary of Language and Linguistics| last=Trask| first=R. L.| publisher=Arnold| isbn=0-340-65266-7| year=1997| location=London| page=166}}</ref>

 

 

A comparison of some [[Latin]] forms with their English translations shows that English uses periphrasis in many instances where Latin uses inflection:

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* [[Compound verb]]

* [[Deflexion (linguistics)]]

 

[[Category:Linguistic morphology]]