LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Affix, Novella, Phonological Change
25 Jan 2015
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Derivation and infelction: affixation in english is involved with two distinct processes. It turns out that english has three different er suffixes: ex: buyer, seller, mover, shaker. In this case the er changes the verb to a noun (the noun being a person or thing. Toaster vs. baker): ex: quebecer, islander, cranbrooker, nutmegger (a person from connecticut). This er changes the place to a person: ex: softer, warmer, happier, sleepier. This er changes an adjective to an adjective (comparison). The last example is an example of inflection. Complex derivations: for words with multiple suffixes, the analysis is clear, ex: assert-ive-ness, multiple prefixes are rarer, but also clear, ex: re-miss-place. Less clear is when a word is derived using both prefixes. Use these to determine if the prefix or the suffix came first: combination possibility of the affixes, derivation before inflection.
