AFFIXOIDATION AS A PRODUCTIVE WAY OF WORD FORMATION IN MODERN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

Abstract

The article is about affixoids, which are word-building elements that have some of the features of both affixes and word stems. One of the main features that usually belongs to affixes is their ability to produce new semantic and grammar categories. This is what affixoids do by helping to develop new words. Language users’ actions, not automated, predictable processes, are what cause morphological change. They have an open structure. Successive successful reinterpretations may serve as the foundation for new derivations. When a process like that for forming derivative words starts. Additionally, this article demonstrates how language changes of the distinction between morphological categories and distinct morphological processes like compounding and derivation. Most of the examples are from English and Uzbek, but there are also a few words  from other languages that are discussed.