Definition
A productive affix is a derivational affix that is currently used in the derivation of new words.
Examples
(English)
The prefix non- is a productive affix, as demonstrated in the following new coinage:
- the only non-upended chair in the ransacked room
Sources 3
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 176
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 185
- Mish 1991, 938