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circumfixation

UK/ˌsəːkəmfɪˈkseɪʃən/

circumfixation noun: the morphological phenomenon of circumfixing.

Noun

circumfixation (usually uncountable, plural circumfixations)

  1. (usually) The morphological phenomenon of circumfixing.
    • As we have just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle infixations, circumfixations and truncations.1999 November 19, Markus Walther, “Alternative method: Lexical transducer plus intelligent copy module”, in One-Level Prosodic Morphology (Marburger Arbeiten zur Linguistik [Marburg Studies in...

Forms of circumfixation

pluralcircumfixations

Origin of circumfixation

From circum- + fixation.

Questions about circumfixation

What does circumfixation mean?
Circumfixation means the morphological phenomenon of circumfixing.
What part of speech is circumfixation?
Circumfixation is a noun.
How do you pronounce circumfixation?
Circumfixation is pronounced /ˌsəːkəmfɪˈkseɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of circumfixation?
The plural of circumfixation is circumfixations.

Words near circumfixation in the dictionary

  1. circumfetishists
  2. circumfila
  3. circumfilum
  4. circumfix
  5. circumfixal
  6. circumfixation
  7. circumfixations
  8. circumfixed
  9. circumfixes
  10. circumfixing
  11. circumflagellar

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