Affixation
| Affixation occurs when a Bound morpheme | |
| attaches to a Root morpheme. | |
| Types of Affixes | |
| Prefix: | morpheme+root |
| example | undo |
| Suffix: | root+morpheme |
| example | runing |
| Infix*: | root+morpheme+root |
| example | absofrigginlutely |
| circumfix**: |
mor+root+pheme
|
| example | gesprecht |
| *English infixes only exist in exclamatory cunstructions like the example given | |
| **English circumfixes do not exist, the example given is the german form for "spoken" | |
see also Bound morpheme, Root morpheme, Free morpheme