Affixoids

doi:10.1017/9781108780643.013

12 - Affixoids

An Intriguing Intermediate Category

from Part II - Structure of Complex Words

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020

Angela Ralli

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Lívia Körtvélyessy and

Pavol Štekauer

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Lívia Körtvélyessy: Affiliation:
P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
Pavol Štekauer: Affiliation:
P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

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This article investigates the presence of intermediate morphological categories between stems and affixes, the so-called affixoids (prefixoids and suffixoids) in a number of Modern Greek varieties. It argues that affixoids can exist as an independent morphological category in morphologically rich languages, such as Modern Greek, on the condition that these languages base their word-formation processes on stems. It also shows that affixoids can vary within the same language, depending on several factors, such as the original items the affixoids come from (Greek affixoids may emerge from lexemes or affixes), the word-formation process which gives birth to them, or the occurrence of a grammaticalization or a degrammaticalization process. Proposals and arguments are supported by evidence consisting of two prefixoids, plako- and mata-, and one suffixoid, -opulo, drawn from the Modern Greek varieties.

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affixoids morphology compounding derivation Greek dialectal varieties

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Information: Complex Words
Advances in Morphology
, pp. 217 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108780643.013 [Opens in a new window]

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