Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Separable Affix

Definition: 

A separable affix is an affix that can be detached from its stem and located elsewhere in a construction.

Examples: 

The affix an- is a separable affix. It is attached to its stem in the verb ankommen ‘to arrive’; but it can be detached from the stem, as in the sentence Ich komme an ‘I arrive’.

See Also: 
Stem
Verb (Linguistics)
Sentence
Source: 
Hartmann and Stork 1972
207

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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  • Morpheme Type
  • Affix (Linguistics)
  • Separable Affix