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<p>New page: An &#039;&#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039;&#039; is an <a href="/index.php/Affix" title="Affix">affix</a> with little meaning that occurs between two contentful <a href="/index.php/Morpheme" title="Morpheme">morphemes</a>. ===Examples=== The term &#039;&#039;interfix&#039;&#039; has been used for two kinds of phenomena: (i) ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An '''interfix''' is an [[affix]] with little meaning that occurs between two contentful [[morpheme]]s.<br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> The term ''interfix'' has been used for two kinds of phenomena: (i) meaningless elements that occur inside [[compound]]s as &quot;linkers&quot; of the two [[stem]]s (e.g. German ''Liebe-s-brief'' 'love letter'), and (ii) meaningless elements that occur between the [[stem]] and a derivational suffix (e.g. Spanish ''camion-c-ito'' 'little truck').<br /> <br /> ===Origin===<br /> The term ''interfix'' goes back to the 19th century (e.g. Haldeman 1865). In spreading the use of ''interfix'' for Romance pre-suffx elements, Malkiel (1959) has been influential.<br /> <br /> :::*''&quot;''Affixes'' are additions to roots, stems, and words, serving to modify their meaning and use. They are of two kinds, ''prefixes'', those at the beginning, and ''suffixes'', those at the end of the word-bases to which they are affixed. Several affixes occur in long words like ''in-com-pre-hen-s-ib-il-it-y'' which has three prefixes and five suffixes. The term ''interfix'' is hardly necessary for ''ad'' in ''anim-ad-vert'', or ''t'' inserted as a fulcrum between two vowels as ''ego-t-ism''.&quot;'' (Haldeman 1865:§65, cited from OED)<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> *Haldeman, Samuel S. 1865. ''Affixes in their origin and application, exhibiting the etymologic structure of English words''. <br /> *Malkiel, Yakov. 1958. &quot;Los interfijos hispánicos.&quot; In: Catalán, D. (ed.) ''Estructuralismo e historia II: Miscelánea Homenaje a André Martinet.'' Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 107-187.<br /> <br /> === Other languages ===<br /> <br /> German [[Interfix (de)]], [[Fugenelement]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:En]] <br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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