1. Affix
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An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. Affixes may
bederivational, like English -ness and pre-, or inflectional, like English plural -s and past
tense -ed. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may
be separable affixes. Affixation is, thus, the linguistic process speakers use to form
different words by adding morphemes (affixes) at tAn Affix is a Morpheme added to a
word to change its function or meaning. An Affix is a Morpheme added to a word to
change its function or meaning. There are three basic ways to do this:
Prefix - by adding a morpheme to the beginning of a word:
Possible can be made negative in meaning by adding im-: impossible
Suffix - by adding -ly to the end of many adjectives, the adverb can be formed:
cheerful- cheerfully. A prefix is an element placed at the beginning of a word to adjust or
qualify its meaning, for example de-, non-, and re-.
A suffix is an element placed at the end of a word to form a derivative, such as -ation, -fy, -
ing, frequently one that converts the stem into another part of speech.
Prefixes
Prefixes are added to the beginning of an existing word in order to create a new word
with a different meaning. For example:
word prefix new word
happy un- unhappy
cultural multi- multicultural
work over- overwork
space cyber- cyberspace
market super- supermarket
word suffix new word
child -ish childish
2. work -er worker
taste -less tasteless
idol -ize/-ise idolize/idolise
like -able likeable
suffix making example
original word
example
suffixed word
-ation nouns explore
hesitate
exploration
hesitation
-sion persuade
divide
persuasion
division
-er teach teacher
-cian music musician
-ess god goddess
-ness sad sadness
-al arrive arrival
-ary diction dictionary
-ment treat treatment
-y jealous
victor
jealousy
victory
-al adjectives accident accidental
-ary imagine imaginary
-able tax taxable
