What is a Circumfix - Glossary of Linguistic Terms |

The morphological process whereby this is achieved is called circumfixation. Examples: (Tuwali Ifugao, Philippines). The circumfix ka--an is a nominalizer ... Skiptomaincontent GlossaryofLinguisticTerms Circumfix Definition: Acircumfixisanaffixmadeupoftwoseparatepartswhichsurroundandattachtoarootorstem. Themorphologicalprocesswherebythisisachievediscalled circumfixation. Examples: (TuwaliIfugao,Philippines) Thecircumfix ka--an isanominalizerandsurroundsaroot. baddang:root‘help’ v. ka--an:circumfix‘NOMR’ kabaddangan:word‘helpfulness’ SeeAlso: Affix(Linguistics)RootStemThispageisanextractfromtheLinguaLinksLibrary.Version5.0publishedonCD-ROMbySILInternational,2003. LinguaLinksOrderingInformation GlossaryHierarchyMorphemeType Affix(Linguistics) Circumfix