Construct · 2 fields · 2 citations

Where does agglutination collide?

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agglutination2 CONSTRUCTSAgglutination (morphology)PLANK · MORPHOLOGYAgglutination (serology)PRICE · ANTIBODY CLUMPING

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Linguistics

Words built by stringing clear-cut morphemes

In linguistics, agglutination is a way of building words in which each grammatical meaning is carried by its own separable affix stacked onto a stem, so a word segments cleanly into a chain of morphemes each with one function, as in Turkish or Finnish. Plank's 1999 Split morphology: How agglutination and flexion mix examines agglutination as one pole of morphological typology against fusional inflection and how real languages blend the two. The referent is this transparent, one-meaning-per-affix morphological structure, a property of grammar that has nothing to do with antibodies clumping cells beyond the shared image of gluing units together.[1]

Unit
The degree to which word-forms segment into one-meaning affixes
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Gauged by morpheme-per-word counts and the separability of affixes in a language

Immunology

Antibodies clump cells or particles together

In immunology, agglutination is the visible clumping that results when a multivalent antibody cross-links its antigen displayed on the surface of cells or particles, bridging them into aggregates, the basis of blood typing and many serological tests. Price's 2001 Agglutination techniques for detecting antigen–antibody reactions reviews how this cross-linking is read out to detect and quantify antibody or antigen. The referent is antibody-mediated cross-linking of particulate antigen into clumps, measured by the highest antibody dilution still giving visible aggregation, and it is a separate construct from a grammatical word-building pattern, sharing only the meaning of sticking things together.[2]

Unit
The antibody dilution at which visible clumping still occurs
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Read by titration to the agglutination endpoint in tube, slide, or microtiter assays

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References

  1. Plank, F. (1999). Split morphology: How agglutination and flexion mix. Linguistic Typology, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1515/lity.1999.3.3.279
  2. Price, C. P. (2001). Agglutination techniques for detecting antigen–antibody reactions. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0001114

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