Re: confession: roots

On Mon, 7 May 2001 13:13:47 -0400 Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
writes:
> >In theory one could have an affix which is partly prefixed & partly
> >infixed.  Indeed, I'd be surprised if it never occurred in any
> natlang.
>
> Don't some Arabic inflection patterns work that way?
>
>                                                  Andreas
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Yup... some Semitic vowel patterns include affixes also, for instance:

reflexive present singular-male:  mitCaC²eiC
simple-passive past she:  niCCeCa
simple past i:   CaCaCti


-Stephen (Steg)
 "and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
  i hope you dance..."
     ~ "i hope you dance" by lee ann womack