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<p>Dtgorgis: /* Comment */</p> <hr /> <div>An '''infix''' is an [[affix]] which occurs inside its [[base]].<br /> <br /> ===Comment===<br /> Sometimes the term ''infix'' is also used for [[adfix]]es that occur nonperipherally in a word, but not inside another morpheme. However, this usage of ''infix'' is usually regarded as erroneous.<br /> :::&quot;Now, shouldn’t we analyze ''-al'' in ''decolonialization'' also as an infix (after all, it occurs inside a word)? The answer is ‘no.’ True, ''-al'' occurs inside a complex word, but crucially it does not occur inside another morpheme.&quot; (Plag 2003:11)<br /> <br /> Arabic infixes are vocalic patterns within so-called 'discontinuous morphemes', traditionally called 'roots'. For example, the triconsonantal root {k..t..b} is the discontinuous morpheme, which carries the meaning of 'writing', into which a vocalic pattern such as {..a..a} can be infixed to give you /katab/ (a pausal form), meaning 'wrote'. In fact, the morphemic analysis of past verb forms in Arabic is more complex than it might overtly seem were we to add gender as yet a third morpheme. (D T Gorgis,2007, Jordan).<br /> <br /> ===Origin===<br /> The term ''infix'' is first attested in the last quarter of the 19th century.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> Plag, Ingo. 2003. ''English word-formation.'' Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> German [[Infix (de)]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

Dtgorgis http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Infix&diff=4397 2007-10-27T22:15:39Z

<p>Dtgorgis: /* Comment */</p> <hr /> <div>An '''infix''' is an [[affix]] which occurs inside its [[base]].<br /> <br /> ===Comment===<br /> Sometimes the term ''infix'' is also used for [[adfix]]es that occur nonperipherally in a word, but not inside another morpheme. However, this usage of ''infix'' is usually regarded as erroneous.<br /> :::&quot;Now, shouldn’t we analyze ''-al'' in ''decolonialization'' also as an infix (after all, it occurs inside a word)? The answer is ‘no.’ True, ''-al'' occurs inside a complex word, but crucially it does not occur inside another morpheme.&quot; (Plag 2003:11)<br /> <br /> Arabic infixes are vocalic patterns within so-called 'discontinuous morphemes', traditionally called 'roots'. For example, the triconsonantal root {k..t..b} is the discontinuous morpheme, which carries the meaning of 'writing', into which a vocalic pattern such as {..a..a} can be infixed to give you /katab/ (a pausal form), meaning 'wrote'. In fact, the morphemic analysis of past verb forms in Arabic is more complex than it might overtly seem were we to add gender as yet a third morpheme.<br /> <br /> ===Origin===<br /> The term ''infix'' is first attested in the last quarter of the 19th century.<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> Plag, Ingo. 2003. ''English word-formation.'' Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> German [[Infix (de)]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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