Simulfix
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Simulfix
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In linguistics, a simulfix is a type of affix that changes one or more existing phonemes in order to modify the meaning of a morpheme. Examples of simulfixes in English are generally considered irregularities, surviving results of Germanic umlaut. They include: man → men, woman → women
louse → lice, mouse → mice
foot → feet, tooth → teeth The transfixes of the Semitic languages may be considered a form of discontinuous simulfix. In Indonesian, simulfixation productively occurs, for example, in n
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Affix that changes one or more phonemes
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2022-11-29T15:48:35Z
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