英和和英

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.fɪks/

名詞

diffix (複数形 diffixes)

1. (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word.

   Hyponym: transfix

   • 2015, Joachim Mugdan, “Units of word formation”, in Susan Olsen, Franz Rainer, editors, Word-Formation. An International Handbook of the Languages of Europe (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft; 40.1), De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 267:

     Since a transfix -∅-i- with a zero vowel […] is not to everyone’s liking, it may be advisable to use a special term for the Semitic vowel patterns, e.g., diffix, leaving transfix for other affixes that are both disrupted and disrupting.