the process of adding affixes to roots or bases in order to vary function, modify meaning, etc.
see also composition
affixation in American English
(ˌæfɪkˈseiʃən)
noun
1.
affixture
2. Grammar
the process of inflection or derivation that consists of adding an affix
Word origin
[1850–55; affix + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloakroom, heavyweight, muggins, overprint, runoff-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: capitalization, generalization, reservation, sensitization, transportation
Examples of 'affixation' in a sentence
affixation
Derivative form has four types, affixation, reduplication, acronym, and the combined of word.
Taufik Setyadi Aras 2018, 'KOSAKATA SISTEM PERTANIAN TRADISIONAL SUNDA: KAJIAN STRUKTUR DAN MAKNA', Ranah: Jurnal Kajian Bahasahttp://ojs.badanbahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/jurnal/index.php/jurnal_ranah/article/view/294. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Collocations are composed by using methods of affixation and transposition and are of various length.
Rūta Elžbieta Katalynaitė, Aleksandras Velička 2011, 'Lexical Aspects of the Scientific French Language', Coactivity: Philology, Educologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3846/coactivity.2007.12. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The morphological processes include affixation, suppletion, conversion, and vowel mark placement.
Zainab Sa'aida 2016, 'Expanding the Lexicon: The Case of Jordanian Arabic', Advances in Language and Literary Studieshttp://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/alls/article/view/2796. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
First, the affixation consists of prefixing and suffixing.
Attasith Boonsawasd 2012, 'Bouyei word formation', Studii de Lingvisticahttp://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/2-2012/pdf_uri/Boonsawasd.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It occurs through the process of compounding, affixation, and reduplication.
Rina P Pamantung, N.L. Sutjiati Beratha, IGM Sutjaja, Mahyuni Mahyuni 2015, 'NOUN DERIVATION OF THE TYPICAL MINAHASA FOOD AND BEVERAGE NAMES', e-Journal of Linguisticshttp://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eol/article/view/11405. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This pattern applies to compounding and affixation.
Ingrid Fandrych 2008, 'Submorphemic elements in the formation of acronyms, blends and clippings', Lexis: Journal in English Lexicologyhttp://journals.openedition.org/lexis/713. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, in ungrammatical circumstances, overt morphology provides a more robust and reliable cue to morphosyntactic relationships than null affixation.
Alison S Mehravari, Darren Tanner, Emma K Wampler, Geoffrey D Valentine, Lee Osterhout 2015, 'Effects of Grammaticality and Morphological Complexity on the P600 Event-Related PotentialComponent.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619296?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phonological processes interact with affixation in inflectional and derivational morphology in the process of vowelnasalization.
Rosa-Maria Castañeda 2016, 'The Sociolinguistic Evolution of a Sound Change', Journal of Portuguese Linguisticshttp://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Meanwhile, the poly morphemic words may be constructed through affixation, reduplication, internal modification, contraction and compounding processes.
I Dewa Putu Wjana Wijana 2012, 'THE USE OF ENGLISH IN INDONESIAN ADOLESCENT'S SLANG', Humaniorahttps://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/1373. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The research shows that well accepted acronyms can become real words by taking lower case and affixation.
Rio Rini Diah Moehkardi 2017, 'Patterns and Meanings of English Words through Word Formation Processes of Acronyms,Clipping, Compound and Blending Found in Internet-Based Media', Humaniorahttps://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/22287. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)