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affixation

Pronunciation:  `afik'seyshun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of attaching or affixing something
  2. [n]  formation of a word by means of an affix
  3. [n]  the result of adding an affix to a root word
 
 Synonyms: attachment
 
 See Also: combination, combining, compounding, formation, graft, grafting, morphology, prefixation, sound structure, suffixation, syllable structure, word structure

 

 

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 Related Terms: accession, accidence, addition, adhesive, adjunct, adjunction, affix, agglutination, allomorph, annexation, attachment, augmentation, binding, bond, bound morpheme, clasping, conjugation, cutting, declension, derivation, difference of form, enclitic, fastener, fastening, formative, free form, girding, hooking, IC analysis, immediate constituent analysis, increase, infix, infixation, inflection, joining, junction, juxtaposition, knot, lashing, ligation, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, paradigm, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, radical, reinforcement, root, splice, stem, sticking, suffix, suffixation, superaddition, superfetation, superjunction, superposition, supplementation, theme, tieing, uniting, word-formation, zipping
 

 

 

 

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