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<p>New page: An &#039;&#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039;&#039; is an <a href="/index.php?title=Affix" title="Affix">affix</a> with little meaning that occurs between two contentful <a href="/index.php?title=Morpheme" title="Morpheme">morphemes</a>. ===Examples=== The term &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; has been used for two kinds of phenomena: (i) ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An &#039;&#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[affix]] with little meaning that occurs between two contentful [[morpheme]]s.<br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> The term &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; has been used for two kinds of phenomena: (i) meaningless elements that occur inside [[compound]]s as &quot;linkers&quot; of the two [[stem]]s (e.g. German &#039;&#039;Liebe-s-brief&#039;&#039; &#039;love letter&#039;), and (ii) meaningless elements that occur between the [[stem]] and a derivational suffix (e.g. Spanish &#039;&#039;camion-c-ito&#039;&#039; &#039;little truck&#039;).<br /> <br /> ===Origin===<br /> The term &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; goes back to the 19th century (e.g. Haldeman 1865). In spreading the use of &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; for Romance pre-suffx elements, Malkiel (1959) has been influential.<br /> <br /> :::*&#039;&#039;&quot;&#039;&#039;Affixes&#039;&#039; are additions to roots, stems, and words, serving to modify their meaning and use. They are of two kinds, &#039;&#039;prefixes&#039;&#039;, those at the beginning, and &#039;&#039;suffixes&#039;&#039;, those at the end of the word-bases to which they are affixed. Several affixes occur in long words like &#039;&#039;in-com-pre-hen-s-ib-il-it-y&#039;&#039; which has three prefixes and five suffixes. The term &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; is hardly necessary for &#039;&#039;ad&#039;&#039; in &#039;&#039;anim-ad-vert&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;t&#039;&#039; inserted as a fulcrum between two vowels as &#039;&#039;ego-t-ism&#039;&#039;.&quot;&#039;&#039; (Haldeman 1865:§65, cited from OED)<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> *Haldeman, Samuel S. 1865. &#039;&#039;Affixes in their origin and application, exhibiting the etymologic structure of English words&#039;&#039;. <br /> *Malkiel, Yakov. 1958. &quot;Los interfijos hispánicos.&quot; In: Catalán, D. (ed.) &#039;&#039;Estructuralismo e historia II: Miscelánea Homenaje a André Martinet.&#039;&#039; Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 107-187.<br /> <br /> === Other languages ===<br /> <br /> German [[Interfix (de)]], [[Fugenelement]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:En]] <br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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