LINGUISTICS CURRICULUMLEC-06PRESENTED BYA.L. MOHAMMED ALADDIN

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PROCESS OF FORMING NEW WORDS BY ADDING AFFIXES

a large number of small “bits” of the English language which are not usually given separate listings in dictionaries.

Some familiar examples are the elements un-, mis-, pre-, -ful, -less, -ish, -ism and -ness which appear in words like unhappy, misrepresent, prejudge, joyful, careless, boyish, terrorism and sadness.AF

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THESE AFFEXIS CAN BE ADDED TO ROOT WORDS AND BASE WORDS

• ROOT WORDS AND BASE WORDS ARE THE SAME.• ROOT WORDS AND BASE WORDS ARE THE MOST

BASIC PART OF A WORD.• IF YOU ADD AN AFFIX TO A ROOT OR BASE WORD

YOU CHANGE THE MEANING OF THE WORD.

“Cook” is a base word.

un+cook+ed=uncookedAffix

Affix

PREFIXES• PREFIXES A BOUND MORPHEME ADDED TO THE

BEGINNING OF A WORD (E.G. UNHAPPY)

un+cook+ed=uncookedPrefix

Affix

SUFFIX• SUFFIXES A BOUND MORPHEME ADDED TO THE END

OF A WORD (E.G. FAINTED, ILLNESS)

un+cook+ed=uncookedPrefix

Suffix

INFIXA MORPHEME THAT IS INSERTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORD

ANY QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU• REFERENCE: INTRODUCE PREFIXES

SUFFIXES ROOTS AFFIXES POWER POINT, DAPHNA DORON, ENGLISH TEACHER AT STELLA & DOT• NEXT LECTURE: MULTIPLE PROCESSES +

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