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Clarissa888784 Posted 15 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Circumfix

Who can help me find out some good examples of circumfix??? I don't understand it very well... Emotion: sad

Thank you very MUCH!
  

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We seem to be doing all of your classwork for you, Clarissa. This is not ethical. Please try to do it yourself. If you post your own efforts, we will review your work. You can usually start by googling such words or phrases.
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No no!It's not my classwork!!!My exams are coming.I'm reviewing the lessons.When I read the documents my teacher gives us,there are some knowledge points and exercises that I don't understand.So I come here to ask people in this forum for help.Now we have holidays,I cannot meet my teacher and ask him!!!

You do misunderstand me!!!
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So...did you google 'circumfix'? There is plenty of information on the net.
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But be wary of the Wikipedia entry, which states:
Wikipedia
In older English, the present participle could be formed using the circumfix a- -ing : Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,// Old time is still a-flying (Robert Herrick).


This formation is not a circumfix, except in an honorary sense. The apparent prefix "a-" is in fact a relic of an OE
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