Circumfix - Glottopedia

Dutch collective nouns may be formed by adding the circumfix ge-...-te to underived nouns as in the examples: Circumfix FromGlottopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Inmorphology,circumfixisthecombinationofaprefixandasuffixthatattachtoabasesimultaneouslytoexpressasinglemeaningorcategory. Examples Dutchcollectivenounsmaybeformedbyaddingthecircumfixge-...-tetounderivednounsasintheexamples: berg 'mountain' ge+berg+te 'mountains' (*geberg,*bergte) vogel 'bird' gevogelte 'poultry' (*gevogel,*vogelte) raam 'frame' geraamte 'skeleton' (*geraam,*raamte) Comments Anothertermforcircumfixisdiscontinuousaffix.Thistypeofaffixationisreferredtoasparasynthesis. Theexistenceofcircumfixesiscontroversial.Manylinguistsarguethatallcasesofallegedcircumfixationcanbereducedtosuffixationandconcomitantprefixation(e.g.Scalise1984,Schultink1987).OneobjectiontocircumfixesisthattheyviolatetheBinaryBranchingConstraint. Link UtrechtLexiconofLinguistics Reference Scalise,S.1984.GenerativeMorphology.Dordrecht:Foris. Schultink,H.1987.Discontinuityandmultiplebranchinginmorphology.InCrespo,Dotson-Smith&Schultink(eds.)Aspectsoflanguage.StudiesinhonourofMarioAlinei(vol.II),481-491.Amsterdam:Rodopi. Spencer,A.1991.MorphologicalTheory.Oxford:Blackwell. Retrievedfrom"http://glottopedia.org/index.php?title=Circumfix&oldid=5925" Categories:EnDICTMorphology Navigationmenu Personaltools Login Namespaces PageDiscussion Variants Views ReadViewsourceViewhistory More Search Navigation MainPageAboutThematicareasFAQ Interaction HowtocontributeAccountregistrationGuidelinesCommunityportalCommunityforumHelpRecentchanges Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesSpecialpagesPrintableversionPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Thispagewaslasteditedon23April2008,at13:39. ContentisavailableunderAttribution-ShareAlike3.0unlessotherwisenoted. Privacypolicy AboutGlottopedia Disclaimers