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Affixation occurs when a bound morpheme is attached to a root morpheme.
| Types of affixes | |
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| Prefix | morpheme + root |
| undo | |
| Suffix | root + morpheme |
| looking | |
| Infix | root + morpheme + root |
| manicure | |
| Circumfix* | mor + root + pheme |
| gesucht | |
*English circumfixes do not exist. The example given is the German word for "searched".
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