LIN231H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hard Hat, Tobacconist, Free Base
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If an affix changes the category of the base transpositional affix; ex. V+ -ion , v+ -ment n, v+ -al n. V+ -ion , v+ -ment n, v+ -al n : these affixes have an abstract meaning, they don"t change the meaning that much. V+ -er has a more substantial meaning, not abstract, it adds agency, creates agent nouns; ex. teach teacher, farm farmer, print printer (something that is used for printing). -less changes the meaning a lot; ex. job and jobless, the meaning is not abstract jobless refers to a person (being jobless). -er, -ee, -ite, -ian when added to a base, the lexeme created refers to people. Locatives create nouns that refer to places. -dom is usually attached to adjectives, creating nouns. Sometimes it creates nouns by attaching to nouns. Abstract affixes create abstract nouns: -ion, -dom, -ment, -al, - hood. Negative affixes attach to adjectives and they give the opposite meaning, ex. un-, in-, non-.
