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affixal

affixal

9.7
Relating to small word parts like prefixes or suffixes added to change a word's meaning
  • adjective
  • /əˈfɪksəl/
  • Specialized
: afixal
  • The process of creating new words often involves affixal addition, such as adding prefixes or suffixes.
  • affixal negation

Examples

  • It is also interesting to note that the similarity between affixal and lexical negations suggested by Reyna's data is very different from that envisaged by Zadeh (1975).

    Academic text (1990)

  • Affixal negations, however, were typically assigned lower values in the probability assignment task than were the corresponding lexical negations, though the mean difference between median values was small (1.59%).

    Academic text (1990)

  • Many linguists study the affixal structures of words to understand how meaning is created in language.

  • In analyzing language, researchers focus on affixal forms to determine patterns in word formation.

Synonyms

affixial
vsaffixal
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to adding a prefix or suffix to a word

is the preferred adjective form, identical in meaning

Surface Forms

affixal positive

Morphology

affixal = affix (transparent) = affix + al

The adjective is transparently formed from the noun 'affix' plus the suffix '-al', meaning 'relating to an affix'.

Etymology

The word affixal begins with affix and ends with -al. Affix originally meant 'to fasten' and is like the simple word fix. So affixal means 'relating to affixes', things that attach to a word such as a prefix or suffix.