Simulfix

Simulfix

In linguistics, a simulfix is a type of affix that changes one or more existing phonemes in order to modify the meaning of a morpheme.

Examples of simulfixes in English are generally considered irregularities, all of which left over from pluralization rules that existed before the Great Vowel Shift. They include:

*"man" → "men", "woman" → "women"
*"louse" → "lice", "mouse" → "mice"
*"foot" → "feet", "tooth" → "teeth"

The transfixes of the Semitic languages may be considered a form of discontinuous simulfix.

ee also

*Prefix
*Suffix
*Infix
*Circumfix
*Transfix
*Interfix
*Suprafix
*Duplifix


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