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suprafix, n. Phonetics.|ˈs(j)uːprəfɪks|
[f. supra- + -fix, as in prefix, suffix, etc.]
= superfix n. Hence ˈsuprafixal a.
1949E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) iii. 69 Suprafixes are morphemes which consist wholly of suprasegmental phonemes and which are added to the root or stem. Ibid. viii. 202 Broad subdivisions of structure, e.g. prefixal, suffixal, suprafixal. 1974P. H. Matthews Morphol. vii. 133 These patterns would then be assigned to yet another class of affixes, called ‘suprafixes’ (affixes imposed ‘on top of’ the operand). 1977Amer. Speech 1975 L. 104 Since no linguist, sociologist, or educator has publicly acknowledged any use of these carefully recorded intonation patterns, the data are apparently exempla of the marks made by a phonetician in the identification of suprafixes. 1991Word XLII. 321 Apart from the suprafixal indication of the person and number of subjects, there is a separate set of subject clitics for animate subjects. |