suffixal
Pertaining to endings
Suffixal means relating to or having the character of a suffix—a word element attached to the end of a root.
The term appears in linguistic and grammatical contexts: The suffixal -ness transforms adjectives into nouns.
Something with suffixal properties modifies meaning through attachment rather than standing alone.
Creating words via affixes
- nominalizationConverting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- adjectivizationConverting words to modifiers
- agentiveDenoting one who acts
diminutive · augmentative · productive · lexeme · neologism · back-formation · zero-derivation · conversion
Relating to word-form changes
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- pluralizationForming the plural
- tenseStrained or nervous
aspect · mood · comparison · agreement · gender · number · case · person
Morphemes chained, roots intact
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- analyticExamining by decomposition
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- TurkishOf Anatolia's republic
Japanese · Finnish · Hungarian · Swahili · Korean · morphological · paradigm · productivity
Absorbing into a whole
- deletionRemoval of content
- syllabificationDivision into spoken units
- alternationSequential interchange of elements
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
derivational
Creating words via affixes
- nominalizationConverting words to nouns
- verbificationConverting words to verbs
- adjectivizationConverting words to modifiers
agentive · diminutive · augmentative · productive · lexeme · neologism · back-formation · zero-derivation · conversion · compounding
inflectional
Relating to word-form changes
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- pluralizationForming the plural
tense · aspect · mood · comparison · agreement · gender · number · case · person · voice
agglutinative
Morphemes chained, roots intact
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- analyticExamining by decomposition
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
Turkish · Japanese · Finnish · Hungarian · Swahili · Korean · morphological · paradigm · productivity · regularity
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- deletionRemoval of content
- syllabificationDivision into spoken units
- alternationSequential interchange of elements