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LINGUISTICS An infix is an Affix inserted inside another Morpheme . This is not uncommon in Austronesian and Austroasiatic Languages . For example, the Tagalog Language has borrowed the English word ''graduate'' as a verb. In this language, a grammatical form similar to the Active Voice is formed by adding the infix ''-um-'' to the first syllable of a verb, so a speaker saying "I graduated" uses the derived form ''gr'''um'''aduate''. The Semitic Languages have a form of Ablaut (changing the vowels within words, as in English ''sing, sang, sung, song)'' which is sometimes called infixation, but there is often no identifiable infix common across the vocabulary. English has very few infixes, and those it does have are marginal. A few are heard in colloquial speech, and a couple more are found in technical terminology.
Tmesis is sometimes considered a type of infixation. It's found in English Profanity , such as ''Massafuckingchusetts'' and ''abso'''bloomin'''lutely''. See Expletive Infixation . Note that sequences of are generally sequences of prefixes of this type. MATHEMATICS In the Syntax of notations used in Mathematics , and correspondingly in Computer Science , infix is used to describe an Operator such as the usual addition sign ''+'' that is taken to bind to the variables immediately preceding and following it. See Operator for more on the placement of operators. SEE ALSO |
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