What is a separable affix?

Definition
	A separable affix is an affix that can be detached from its stem and located elsewhere in a construction.

Example (German)
	The affix an- is a separable affix. It is attached to its stem in the verb ankommen ‘to arrive’; but it can be detached from the stem, as in the sentence Ich komme an ‘I arrive’.

Generic
	A separable affix is a kind of
	What is an affix? (Linguistics)

Source
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 207

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Concept module: separable affix
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): S
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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