affixation
Adding prefix, suffix
Affixation is the process of adding prefixes, suffixes, or other word parts to a root to create new words or grammatical forms.
English builds vocabulary through affixation: un- makes happy into unhappy; -ness turns it into happiness.
The term belongs mostly to linguistics and language instruction.
Source or origin tracing
- nominalizationConverting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- word formationCreating new vocabulary items
- neologismNewly created expression
coinage · back-formation · zero derivation · conversion · productive · agentive · diminutive · augmentative
Smallest meaningful language unit
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- derivationalCreating words via affixes
inflectional · productive · agglutination · paradigm · lexeme · formative · morphological · bound
Word form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- pluralizationForming the plural
- tenseStrained or nervous
aspect · case · number · gender · mood · person · agreement · comparative
derivation
Source or origin tracing
- nominalizationConverting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- word formationCreating new vocabulary items
neologism · coinage · back-formation · zero derivation · conversion · productive · agentive · diminutive · augmentative · pejorative
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
derivational · inflectional · productive · agglutination · paradigm · lexeme · formative · morphological · bound
inflection
Word form alteration
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- pluralizationForming the plural
tense · aspect · case · number · gender · mood · person · agreement · comparative · superlative
attach
Join or connect
bind · fasten · adjoin · annex · add · concatenate · agglutinate · fuse · combine · conjoin
prefixation
Adding to word starts
- suffixationAdding endings to words
affixationzero derivation
Class change sans morphology
conversion · compounding · back-formation · clipping · ablaut
prefix, affix, suffix, transfix, affixed, infix, affixes, affixing