a brief introduction to the english suffix―ive

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1、AbriefintroductiontotheEnglishSuffix―ive　　【Abstract】Affixisthekeytothetreasuresofthewords.AffixationplaysavitalroleinthedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.Itenlargesthewordsystem，atthesametimeenrichestheexpressionofthelanguage.Thepurposeofthispaperisabriefintroductiontothederivationalsuffix?Cive.Andtr

2、ytofindsomerulesforthestudyofEnglishwordseasily.Thispapertakesoneofthemostimportantsuffix?Civeasanexampletodiscussitsorigin，characters，itsgrammaticalfeatures，aswellasthepossibleexceptions.　　【Keywords】suffix；origin；grammaticalfeatures；exception　　1.Thecharacteristicsofderivationalsuffixes　　Nowlet’sta

3、lkaboutthecharacteristicsofderivationalsuffixes.Firstly，suffixationisamethodofformingnewwords.Secondly，thesamewordwithdifferentsuffixescouldhavedifferentlexicalmeanings.Forexample，imaginativemeansthesubjectisfullofimagination），imaginable（meanssth.couldbeimagined.）Wecouldtracetheoriginofthewordthrou

4、ghthesuffixes.Forinstance，ifweaddsuffixestothenouns，thenounswillbecomeadjectives.Therefore，wecouldtracetheoriginofthewordsthroughtheirderivationalsuffixes.Inaddition，thestudyofderivationalsuffixescouldhelpusenlargeourknowledgeofwords.AlargenumberoftheEnglishwordsareformedbysuffixation.Taketheadject

5、iveasanexample，therearealmost30differentsuffixes.Inthisconnection，thestudyofsuffixescouldhelpusenrichourknowledgeofwordsandpromotethecommunicationabilityofus.　　2.Theclassificationofadjectiveanditssuffixes　　Adjectiveplaysavitalroleinthefieldofmorphology.Itisaveryimportantwordclassthatmustbestudiedin

6、thepracticalusageoflanguageaswell.IngeneralEnglishadjectivescouldbedividedintofourdifferentkinds.Theyaregeneraladjectives，compoundadjectives，transferredadjectivesaswellasadjectivesusedasnouns.InEnglish，therearealmost30differentsuffixesthatcouldbeaddedtonounsorverbstoformadjectives.Forexample，suffix

7、eslike-able-ible-an-ant-ent-ed-en-fu-ivecouldbeaddedtorootsorstemstoformadjectives.　　3.Thegrammaticalfeaturesofthesuffix-ive　　Fromtheforegoingdescription，wehaveknownthatmorethan30suffixescouldbeaddedtonouns