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Revision as of 13:42, 9 June 2009
Stress shifting affixes is a term which refers to one of the most characteristic properties of Class I affixes: the property of having effect on the stress pattern of the base.
Example
if we add the affix -ity to the word prodúctive, the suffix attracts stress to the syllable immediately preceding it (productívity). Stress shift to the last syllable of the base is a prone characteristic of this type of affixes. Stress shifting affixes are distinguished from stress neutral affixes.
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Chomsky, N. and M. Halle 1968. The Sound Pattern of English, Harper and Row, New York.
- Siegel, D. 1974. Topics in English Morphology, PhD diss. MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
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