Variables such as frequency of combination, semantic transparency,
affixal salience and expectedness are important for the pattern character of the affix combination; that is, for the capacity of a specific affix combination, as a whole, to function as a mental pattern that serves the analysis and, if productive, the construction of words.
All non-basic
affixal (prefixed as well as suffixed) adjectives have been analysed in this research, totalling 3,356.
Two word-formation processes play a role in the formation of adjectives in Old English, both of an
affixal nature: prefixation and suffixation.
(9) ka-lcps-u 2-beat-3O 'You beat him.' (10) ka-lcm -ma 2-beat-1SGO 'You beat me.' In intransitive verb conjugation, the prefix <ka-> indexes second person subject in the
affixal string.
The Nancowrv Word: Phonology,
Affixal Morphology and Roots of a Nicobarese Language.
With regard to the frequency and distribution of
affixal and non-affixal negatives, Tottie observes that the higher frequency of
affixal negation in written varieties of English is associated with the higher frequency of premodifying adjectives in writing.
Affixal nouns in Old English: Morphological description, multiple bases and recursivity.
It is also worth pointing out that in grammatical studies of Estonian, a language closely related to Finnish, an expression type that closely resembles quasi-adpositions has traditionally been called
affixal adverb.
Example: the postposition gha may take an
affixal, one-word or phrasal complement.
Word-formation studies often speak in this regard of "polysemy" or "
affixal polysemy".