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Interfix vs Prefixation - What's the difference?

interfix | prefixation | Related terms |

Prefixation is a related term of interfix.



As nouns the difference between interfix and prefixation

is that interfix is an empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English {{term|-o-|lang=en}}, {{term|-i-|lang=en}} while prefixation is the adding of a prefix to a word.

As a verb interfix

is to attach or anchor two or more parts together.

interfix

English

Noun

(wikipedia interfix) (interfixes)
  • (morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English .
  • *2004 , Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics [http://books.google.com/books?id=QBsKpjIh3J8C], ISBN 0415270790, page 187:
  • *:An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).
  • (computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.
  • *1959 , Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms [http://books.google.com/books?id=MlgZAAAAMAAJ], page 19:
  • *:LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix .

    • Coordinate terms

    *(affixes)

    Verb

    (es)
  • (engineering) To attach or anchor two or more parts together.
  • *1932 , Elmer G. Koch, "Collar Fastener", United States Patent 1915250 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=tpZPAAAAEBAJ], page 2:
  • *:Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws...
  • (morphology) To insert an interfix between two morphemes.
  • *2001', Wolfgang U. Dressler et al., "The Processing of '''interfixed German compounds", in ''Yearbook of Morphology 1999 [http://books.google.com/books?id=igymN2VyWB8C], ISBN 079236631X, page 185:
  • *:Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent.

    • Derived terms

    *interfixation

    See also

    *epenthesis

    prefixation

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested in 1889; formed as .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.
    • Related terms
    * affix * affixation * infix * infixation * interfix * interfixation * prefix * suffix * suffixation

    Etymology 2

    First attested in 1921; formed as .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, of a nerve) The (l) or (l) of being (l).
  • (biology) (l) of (l) with a (l), as a (l) to the (l) of another fixative or to the use of a (l) treatment.

    • References

    * “ prefi?xation]” in the [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition, 1989 (lists both homographs in one entry) * “ prefixation, n.''¹” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , third edition, March 2007 (lists the linguistic term) * “ prefixation, n.''²” in the ''Oxford English Dictionary third edition, March 2007 (lists the anatomical and biological term)