Glossary term A

Affixation

Affixation is the morphological process whereby an affix is attached to a root or stem.

(English)

In English, the plural morpheme suffix is added to job, rat, and kiss to form the following forms:

  • jobs
  • rats
  • kisses
  1. Matthews 1991, 131
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