The complex affix and related phenomena

About the author:

Olga A. Patsyukova,

Abstract:

The borders of a morphemе are historically variable in a polyaffixal word. In the process of restructuring complex morphemes are formed from the material of simple morphemes (a sequence of affixes). The nature and peculiarities of the structure and semantics of the complex affix are ambiguous. The сomplex suffixes are formed from morphs belonging to one part of speech and to various parts of speech; from simple suffixes not identical to the meaning, and synonymous suffixes; from simple morphemes of Russian, foreign and mixed origin. The secondary affix is complex, prolonged in form. The quantity of simple morphs determines its structural complexity. But the complex affix has a simple semantics, because the primary morphs in the sequence of affixes lose their meaning as the result of restructuring. A comparative analysis of the complex and simple affixes shows that their form is different, but the meaning, as a rule, is identical. The simple and complex suffixes often differ in their combinability.

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