Affixal (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a linguistic affix.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The linguist focused on the affixal characteristics that distinguished one language dialect from another.
- Affixal meanings can change over time due to influences from other languages and cultural evolutions.
- The grammatical patterns in some languages are almost entirely formed by affixal combinations of prefixes and suffixes.
- Her PhD research on the origins of affixal morphology provided valuable insights into ancient linguistic systems.
- Linguists classify some languages as agglutinative based on the heavy use of affixal markers to build word forms.