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a meaning add on put at the beginning of a word or root to form a more complex word.
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A prefix is an [[Affix (definition)|affix]] placed at the beginning of a word. The English ''re-'' as in ''reword'' or ''de-'' as in ''destabilize'' are prefixes.
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==See Also==
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*[[Suffix (definition)]]
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*[[Affix (definition)]]
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*[[Morpheme (definition)]]
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==External Links==
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*http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prefixes.htm
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*http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/prefix.htm
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The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
 
  
 
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[[Category:Morphology]]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:27, 15 June 2012

A prefix is an affix placed at the beginning of a word. The English re- as in reword or de- as in destabilize are prefixes.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.