Nonaffix

Quick meaning: Nonaffix is a noun meaning (linguistics) A morpheme that is not an affix.

Meaning

(linguistics) A morpheme that is not an affix.

Example Sentences

In the extension of the affix Y to nonaffixes, the invented spelling is clearly more “phonetic” than standard spelling; it does not maintain the morphophonemic distinctions that are important in adult spelling.

Where no ambiguity has resulted, the terms (i.e., "verb," "nonverb," "noun," "adjective," etc.) applied to these classes have been used to refer to forms consisting of anything from a stem (single, nonaffix morpheme) to a sequence of several morphemes, whether or not the form in question constituted a word.

Word Forms

• nonaffixes

Antonyms for nonaffix

Common opposites include affix.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nonaffricate, prefixoid, non-lemma, confix, nonverb, nonterm.

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