Search results for 'tag:Prefixes tag:Morphemes' matching tags 'Prefixes' and 'Morphemes'

Re: How and where to use negative prefixes like un-,dis,non-,etc?

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:44:35 GMT

[pr] where the word has another [nasal] feature, <img src="/emoticons/emotion-67.gif" alt="Camera [P]" />, <img src="/emoticons/emotion-56.gif" alt="Sleep [S]" />, [v], <img src="/emoticons/emotion-65.gif" alt="Kiss [K]" />, = NON (Non-Venerial)
[VOWELS], [kw], [pr], I.e Elsewhere = DIS (Dis-Affected)

UN distinction is semantic, not phonologically driven.

Also these prefixes were most likely separate words origionally and over time changed to the bound morpheme we know them as. I see that most of them are semantically driven but there is a distiction between NON and DIS as above from the data I saw.

Re: The reform of linguistics

Forbes — Sat, 20 May 2006 20:29:39 GMT

Well in my dictionary I can look up prefixes like pre- and suffixes like -ing and it explains their meaning, or at least their effect. Linguists call such forms as "bound morphemes" as they cannot exist on their own, unlike "free morphemes" like "bird" and "love".

Perhaps the question I should ask is "Are all morphemes in Chinese free morphemes?"

Whatever the answer I shall have no more to say on the subject.

KiB, MiB, KB, MB are prefixes or suffixes?

McoreD — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:49:52 GMT

Hi Guys,

By definition: prefix is a type of affix that precedes the morphemes to which it can attach. A suffix is an affix that succeeds the morphemes to which it can attach.

So when you say 700 MiB, is "MiB" really a prefix or a suffix? It's amazing to see almost every popular article use the phrases "binary prefixes", "SI prefixes" etc.
For example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

Why they use the word "prefix" instead of "suffix" is beyond me. Can anybody please explain?

Thank you in advance,
McoreD