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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Affix substitution''' is a type of morphological operation by which one [[affix]] takes the structural position of another [[affix]]. As a consequence of this operation, the two affixes in question cannot co-occur. Affix substitution is an alternative to [[truncation]]. <br /> <br /> ===Example===<br /> The English [[suffix]] ''-ee'' attaches to [[transitive verb]]s (''employ:employee, pay:payee''). Although pairs such as ''nomin+ate:nomin+ee'', ''evacu+ate:evacu+ee'' are semantically related, the [[noun]]s ending in ''-ee'' lack the [[verbal suffix]] ''-ate'', and if it is assumed that word formation rules can only take words as their base these forms are problematic. <br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> Some linguists have solved this problem by allowing for [[truncation]] rules, which delete a [[morpheme]] (in our example ''-ate'') which is internal to an [[affix]] (in our example ''-ee'') (cf. Aronoff, 1976). Others have tackled this problem by allowing for affix substitution: ''-ee'' takes the structural position of ''-ate'', or, by the same token, ''-ate'' takes the position of ''-ee''.<br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Affix+substitution&amp;lemmacode=999 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *{{: Aronoff 1976}}<br /> *{{: Marle 1985}}<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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