THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AFFIXES IN MODERN ENGLISH

Abstract

The focus of this research is how affixes are used in Modern English, especially their periods of activity in word formation. Morphology is the process of forming new words by combining morphemes (smallest meaningful units) based on certain rules. Affix productivity: The study investigates a variety of factors that influence affix productivity, including semantic transparency, phonological compatibility, frequency of use, and cognitive ease. This study takes these ideas further with an in-depth linguistic analysis demonstrating the adaptive nature of affixation in a changing society, technology, and language. This study also discusses the implications of affix productivity for language learning, lexicography, and computational linguistics, specifically in machine translation and natural language processing (NLP). Such adaptability reflects the transformational capacities of English morphology in the context of a rapidly changing linguistic environment.