What is affixation?

Definition
	Affixation is the morphological process whereby an affix is attached to a root or stem.

Example (English)
	In English, the plural morpheme suffix is added to job, rat, and kiss to form the following forms: jobs rats kisses

Generic
	Affixation is a kind of
	What is a morphological process?

Source
	Matthews 1991 131

Context for this page:

Concept module: affixation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A
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)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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