Maybe the governance had passed away from affixation from her obsession with gasoline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nevertheless The Plan Was Not Implemented] Reference

In fact, this method (zero-affixation) of forming nouns from verbs used to be quite commonplace.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 July « Motivated Grammar] Reference

One, it's just not natural to develop an affixation on people who you really don't know personally.    From Wordnik.com.  [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference

Thanks for this very helpful analysis -- I like your example, too, which illustrates exactly why affixation is the important time for analysis of the manufacturer's liability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pesky (pesty?) pleading with particularity] Reference

The Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation, as examples, specific methods of affixation and positions of the notice on various types of works that will satisfy this requirement, but these specifications shall not be considered exhaustive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Copyright Law of the United States of America: contained in Title 17 of the United States Code.] Reference

If affixation means forming a word by adding an affix (e.g. frosty from frost, refusal from refuse, instrumentation from instrument), then back-formation is essentially this process in reverse: it adapts an existing word by removing its affix, usually a suffix (e.g. sulk from sulky, proliferate from proliferation, back-form from back-formation).    From Wordnik.com.  [April « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference

Campbell's monkeys use affixation to alter call meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

We have reserved the very curious type of affixation known as “infixing” for separate illustration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4. Form in Language: Grammatical Processes] Reference

The Big Lebowski and the affixation of bro to the beginning of a host of words (i.e., bromance, broner).    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Vanguard RSS] Reference

This is especially clear when we note that Moulton regularly uses the present aspectual terminology in reference to those verbs which are derived from the affixation of a preposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ancient Hebrew Poetry] Reference

This tantalizing composition about lovers falling in love with each other strikes chords with '' Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai '' (WOH LAMHE) with a strong South Asian music affixation in its arrangements.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The scenic aspect of the black shade can easily be used but it requires lots of care at the moment of affixation along with some back-up make-up in tones of grey to support the wild power of the black.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.Perublogs.com Todos los Blogs del Perú] Reference

They may be grouped into six main types: word order; composition; affixation, including the use of prefixes, suffixes, and infixes; internal modification of the radical or grammatical element, whether this affects a vowel or a consonant; reduplication; and accentual differences, whether dynamic (stress) or tonal (pitch).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4. Form in Language: Grammatical Processes] Reference

The notice shall be affixed to the copies in such manner and location as to The Register of Copyrights may prescribe by regulation, as examples, specific methods of affixation and positions of the notice on various types of works that will satisfy this requirement, but these specifications are not be considered exhaustive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photo Attorney] Reference

Glad I wasn’t the only one to notice the affixation of thinly-sliced cured pork products in that ditty.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Slightly Stale Halloween Treat « Whatever] Reference

GUILLEN: It appears to be affixation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2003] Reference

They might use these mechanisms of memory organization for learning affixation rules. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Sticker Paralysis affixation remorse permalink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urban Word of the Day] Reference

9 Comments | etymology, language, morphology | Tagged: grammar, language, etymology, philology, back-formation, morphology, affixation | Permalink.    From Wordnik.com.  [April « 2009 « Sentence first] Reference