postbase
In linguistics, a postbase is a special kind of grammatical suffixing morpheme that is suffixed to a base. It is mostly found in Eskimo–Aleut languages and Formosan Languages.{{fact|date=May 2020}} Postbases differ from most other affixes in that they usually carry a much more salient semantic content than affixes in other languages and are semantically more akin to verbs. In Eskimo–Aleut languages meanings such as "to have", "to want", "to think", "to say" are usually expressed by postbases.
External links
- [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt-40/Nice/Inupiaq/1st%20postbases.doc Iñupiaq Postbases -1]
- [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt-40/Nice/Inupiaq/2nd%20section%20postbases.doc Iñupiaq Postbases -2]
- Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut : [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~inuit/UIDP/uraaq.html Postbases (word-forming suffixes)]
Category:Linguistic morphology
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