duplifix

English

Etymology

From dupli(cate) +‎ -fix.

Noun

duplifix (plural duplifixes)

  1. (linguistics) An affix which, when applied, incorporates some of the stem word it is modifying.
    • 2017, Judith Aissen, Nora C. England, Roberto Zavala Maldonado, The Mayan Languages:
      Note that reduplication of the root vowel in a duplifix can also be viewed as vowel harmony, see §2.3.
    • 2018, Aina Urdze, Non-Prototypical Reduplication:
      The initial C- of this duplifix copies the initial consonant of the lexical morpheme which happens to be /p/ so that the plural marker takes the shape puru-
    • 2018, Rita Finkbeiner, Ulrike Freywald, Exact Repetition in Grammar and Discourse:
      According to Haspelmath and Sims (2010: 39) the Bikol case could be considered to be a duplifix.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:duplifix.
  2. An affix that works by duplicating part of the stem word.
    • 2013, Edith A. Moravcsik, Introducing Language Typology, page 128:
      First, here are examples to show variation in the phonological make-up of duplifixes. C, CV, CVC, and CVCV are all possible duplifix skeleta.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:duplifix.

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