Grammatical Structure
1. The formation of the parts of speech from the stems (derivation), and their inflexion, are effected in two ways:
(a) internally by changes in the stem itself, particularly in its vowels:
(b) externally by the addition of formative syllables before or after it. The expression of grammatical relations (e.g. the comparative degree and some case-relations in Hebrew) periphrastically by means of separate words belongs, not to etymology, but to syntax.
The external method (b) of formation, by affixing Read more [...]