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What do you understand by derivational and inflectional affixes? Give examples explaining their differences and similarity.
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Derivational and inflectional affixes are two major types of affixes in English that alter the meaning or grammatical function of words, playing a significant role in the structure of Modern English. Affixes are morphemes attached to a base or root word, either at the beginning (prefix) or at the end (suffix), to create new words or modify their grammatical properties. Understanding the distinction between derivational and inflectional affixes is crucial to analyzing word formation and sentence structure in English. Derivational affixes are used to create new words by changing the meaning or the lexical category of a base word. They often transform nouns into adjectives, verbs into nouns, or adjectives into adverbs, among other shifts. For example, the noun “child” can become the adjective “childish” through the addition of the suffix “-ish,” which changes the meaning and word class.
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