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the act of attaching or affixing something
a process in morphology where affixes, which are bound morphemes, are attached to a base or root morpheme to create new words or modify the meaning or grammatical function of existing words
What is "affixation"?
Affixation is the process of adding prefixes, suffixes, infixes, or circumfixes to a base word or root to create new words or change the meaning of the original word. For example, in the word "unhappy", the prefix "un-" is added to the root "happy" to create a new meaning, indicating the opposite of happiness. Affixation allows for the expansion of vocabulary and can change a word's grammatical function, such as turning a noun into an adjective or a verb into a noun. This process is common in many languages and plays a key role in word formation and language structure.
the result of adding an affix to a root word
