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How to pronounce affixation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms attachment
Type of compounding, combination, combining
Has types graft, grafting
Derivation affix
Type Words
Type of formation
Has types suffixation, prefixation
Derivation affix
Type Words
Type of word structure, morphology, sound structure, syllable structure
Derivation affix

Examples of affixation

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Latin has a complex affixation and simple syntax, while Chinese has the opposite.
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Stress shift can also occur when one word is derived from another through affixation.
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Affixation of dual and sound plural nouns has largely vanished.
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Root morphemes are essential for affixation and compounds.
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Even as an onset, the glottal stop disappears in affixation.
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Affixation of various types was used both to root certain verbs into their default aspects and to switch their aspects.
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Shuswap's affixation system is robust.
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However, reduplication often occurs with other phonological and morphological process, such as deletion, affixation of non-reduplicating material, etc.
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In affixation of construction documents with the architect's seal, he or she is swearing oath that the building will inherently serve these functions.
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  • The result of adding an affix to a root word
  • Formation of a word by means of an affix
  • Attachment: the act of attaching or affixing something
  • An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. Affixes may be derivational, like English -ness and pre-, or inflectional, like English plural -s and past tense -ed. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes. ...
  • (affixational) Of or pertaining to affixation
  • (Affixes) A part (morpheme) attached to the root word, such as a prefix or suffix (Unimaginable, reheat)
  • (Affixes) Knowledge of the meanings of common affixes may help students generate the meanings of new words that they encounter. Fortunately, words with common affixes (such as return) are a part of most children's speaking vocabulary. ...
  • (also called derivation) refers to creating a new word by adding to a base form an affix (prefix, infix or suffix) that expresses grammatical meaning but has no lexical meaning. For example, in English the adverb-forming suffix ly is attached to the base form great to form the adverb greatly. ...