屈折词缀和派生词缀的区别（课堂PPT）

1、1W What are the differences between hat are the differences between and and affixesaffixes? ? 屈折词缀 派生词缀2An inflectional affix is one attached to the end of a word to convey grammatical meaning or grammatical relation, such as tense, case, number, comparative or superlative degree, etc.A derivational

2、 affix is one that is added to the beginning or the end of a word in order to create a new word. Derivational affixes can be divided into prefixes and suffixes.3Difference 1: Inflectional affixes are mostly suffixes while Derivational affixes can be prefixes or suffixes.4Exemples: Tell : Tell+ing Sh

3、e is telling the story. Tell+er This is an Automated Teller Machine. Brother:Brother+s I have 2 brothers.Brother+hood I value the brotherhood between us.Difference 2: Inflectional affixes very often only add a minute or delicate grammatical meaning to the stem（词根）.Derivational affixes often change t

4、he lexical meaning.5Exemples: Love(v.): Love+ed I loved him when I was young.(v.) Love+er He is a lover of music.(n.) Admire(v.): Admire+s He admires her persistence.(v.)Admir+able Her bravery is admirable.(adj.)Difference 3: Inflectional affixes do not change the Word class（词类） they attach to but D

5、erivational affixes might change the word class6Exemple: PredictPredict + ed The economists predicted an increase in the rate of inflation last month.un+ predict + able Mr. John is a very unpredictable man.Difference 4: Inflectional affixes are conditioned by nonsemantic linguistic factors outside the word they attach to but within the phrase or sentence but Derivational a