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12 - Affixoids
from Part II - Structure of Complex Words
- By Angela Ralli
Edited by Lívia Körtvélyessy, Pavol Štekauer
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Complex Words

Published online:

18 September 2020

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08 October 2020, pp 217-238
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This article investigates the presence of intermediate morphological categories between stems and affixes, the so-called affixoids (prefixoids and suffixoids) in a number of Modern Greek varieties. It argues that affixoids can exist as an independent morphological category in morphologically rich languages, such as Modern Greek, on the condition that these languages base their word-formation processes on stems. It also shows that affixoids can vary within the same language, depending on several factors, such as the original items the affixoids come from (Greek affixoids may emerge from lexemes or affixes), the word-formation process which gives birth to them, or the occurrence of a grammaticalization or a degrammaticalization process. Proposals and arguments are supported by evidence consisting of two prefixoids, plako- and mata-, and one suffixoid, -opulo, drawn from the Modern Greek varieties.