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Parasynthesis

MORPHOLOGY: a word formation process by means of which a discontinuous affix or circumfix is added to a base. EXAMPLE: the addition of the Dutch discontinuous nominal circumfix ge-..-te to underived nouns is an example of parasynthesis: berg 'mountain' - gebergte 'mountains', been 'bone, leg' - gebeente 'bones'.
LIT. Haas, W. de & M. Trommelen (1992)
Schultink, H. (1987)
Spencer, A. (1991)