Interfix vs Suffixation - What's the difference?
interfix | suffixation | Related terms |
(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 .
(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.