simulfix Gram.
(ˈsɪməlfɪks)
[f. L. simul at the same time + -fix as in affix n., prefix n., etc.]
A formative element occurring as a modification of an element in the basic word or root (i.e. an intonation sequence or a stress pattern). So ˌsimulfiˈxation, the action of affixing a simulfix; ˈsimulfixed a., of an element, employed as a simulfix.
| 1954 Word X. 212 The term ‘superfix’ is no more apt than ‘subfix’, and (the bad Latin) ‘simulfix’ might be even better. 1956 Language XXXII. 454 The process of simulfixation may be represented by a pseudo-fractional formula..+ X/Y- (= simulfixed aspect marker/underlying root-initial). 1964 [see incompletive a. (n.)]. 1965 Language XLI. 74 Chord structures may occur—tagmemes occurring simultaneously (tone replacives, simulfixes). |