Seminar № 3. Affixation                                                                                                       

1.     General characteristic of word-building. Affixation as a way of forming affixed words.

2.     Functions of suffixes. Classification of suffixes according to the parts of speech they form.   

3.     Classification of suffixes according to their meaning, polysemantic suffixes. Semi suffixes.

4.     Classification of suffixes according to their productivity. Structural types of suffixes: simple & compound suffixes. Lexico-grammatical character of the stem.

5.     Classification of suffixes according to their origin. Borrowed affixes.

6.     Functions of prefixes. Prefixes changing the part of speech meaning.

7.     Classification of prefixes according to their meaning.

8.     Classifications of prefixes according to their origin, according to their productivity.

9.     Semi prefixes. Classification of prefixes according to the parts of speech they form

10.  Analyze the following affixed words & words which can be considered as affixed words, point out suffixes and analyze them from different points of view:

Nourishment                                                   inwardly                                                             clannishness                                                    workaholic                                                           

foundation

childish 

pleasure                              

concentration                                            brinkmanship                                                                  

self-criticism                                                       

to computerize                                                     

thoroughly                                                        

to embed                                                             

nourishment     

unsystematic                                                       

to encourage                                                                   

to accompany                                                     dispensable                                                              clannishness                                                              reconstruction                                                           

to overreach                                                     

afterthought                                                           

concentration                                                

reservation