Multiple Affixation &

Lec. 3

Multiple Affixation • The process of reattaching the same morpheme

again and again, which is permitted, but unusual. Multiple affixation of different affixes is accepted. re-re-re-make !

• E.g. –dict-ContradictorinessDiscontinuousness Unacceptability Pre-anti-denationalization

Exercise word Inflection

al affix Derivational affix

root Stem base

unsinkable

denationalize

discontinuousness

deactivation

prettiest

insufferable

brand-named

fertilizers

modernization

marginalized

multicolored

independently