Binders are used to dilute pigments, modify the texture, and increase the strength of a paint.
Agglutinant can be used as an adjective or as a noun . In the first case, it qualifies that which has the ability to bring together (that is, to ensure that different elements remain united together).
In the field of medicine , the substance or object that adheres firmly to the skin and allows it to bind is called a binder. Binders, in this framework, can contribute to healing by promoting adhesion.
Binders and paints
A binder, on the other hand, is a substance used to dilute the pigments in a paint or varnish . These binders can not only be mixed with the different pigments, but they also provide the texture that is needed so that the paint can be applied and give it resistance after the drying process.
Drying of paint can be carried out in different ways. There are paints that dry from the evaporation of the solvents present in the binder. In other cases, in addition to this evaporation, a chemical reaction is generated that causes the paint to harden.
In an agglutinative language, words are formed by joining independent monemes.
The concept in linguistics
The idea of agglutinative can also be used in the field of linguistics . Agglutinative languages appeal to words that are formed from the union of independent monemes. These terms are made up of affixes and lexemes that have already defined grammatical or referential meanings.
The concept of moneme , for its part, refers to an abstract transformation or an irreducible sequence of phonemes that generates modifications in the regular and systematic meaning where it is applied or added. In other words, we can say that it is the minimum unit of meaning of a language. Broadly speaking, we can talk about two types of monema, which are the following: lexeme , with autonomous and concrete meaning; morpheme , which may or may not depend on the union with another lexeme to acquire a meaning.
Therefore, in an agglutinative language, the affixes are located in a specific place according to the meaning that is intended to be created with the root. In fusion languages , however, the affixes fuse with each other and take different forms according to the rest of the morphemes.
Origin and development of the idea of agglutinative language
The term agglutinative language dates back to 1836, when it was coined by the scholar known as Wilhelm von Humboldt, one of those responsible for founding the current Humboldt University of Berlin. Thanks to this distinction between these languages and the fusion languages, it is possible to classify them according to their morphology.
However, despite the existence of these two categories, there is no clear line that separates them , but the most common way to differentiate one from the other is by paying attention to their tendency. To say with certainty that a language is of the agglutinative type, we must check that it meets the following requirements:
* that their words can be segmented into morphemes that cannot be altered by adjacent ones;
* that each morph (the phonic expression of morphemes) performs only one grammatical category.
In fusion languages, among which is Spanish, we can observe the opposite. For example, our form of negation changes depending on the rest of the word of which it is a part: although it is in- in the case of "untouchable", it becomes im- in "unthinkable" and ir- in "irreplaceable". ».
Generally, in agglutinating languages it can be seen that the suffixes are attached to the roots (which are usually monosyllabic), and thus it is possible to specify or modify the meaning . Some examples of current agglutinating languages are Japanese, Guaraní, Basque, Quechua languages, Swahili and Turkish.