Inflexional Affix

An Inflexional Affix is an Affix used in an Inflectional Rule.

• Context:
  • It can range from being an Inflectional Suffix to being an Inflectional Prefix to being an Inflectional Infix.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • Morphology(kickers) ⇒ (Stem (Root kick] (Derivational Suffix -er] ] Inflexional Suffix -s].
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Morphology(viewpoint) ⇒ (Stem (Root view] (Root point] ].
• See: Derivational Affix.

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References

• • An inflectional affix is an affix that
    • expresses a grammatical contrast that is obligatory for its stem's word class in some given grammatical context
    • does not change the word class of its stem
    • is typically located farther from its root than a derivational affix, and
    • produces a predictable, nonidiosyncratic change of meaning.
  • Examples (English) Here are some examples of grammatical categories that are expressed by inflectional affixes:
    • Aspect
    • Case
    • Modality
    • Number
    • Person
    • Tense
    • Voice

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