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Inflectional morphemes are considered affixes in English grammar.
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Is it true that inflectional morphemes are considered affixes in English grammar?
Yes. Inflectional morphemes in English are widely recognized and classified in linguistic literature as inflectional affixes.
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Wikipedia: Morpheme. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme
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States that inflectional morphemes are represented as inflectional affixes.
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Sergio, S. (1984). Foris Publications: Generative morphology. Foris Publications. https://archive.org/details/generativemorpho0000scal
Notes that inflectional affixes occur in English at the end of words.
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S, F. J. (1978). Wiley: Linguistics and language : a survey of basic concepts and implications. Wiley. https://archive.org/details/linguisticslangu00fal_xw6
States that inflectional affixes of English are standardly classified as affixes.
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The Ohio State University Press: Language files : materials for an introduction to language and linguistics. (2016). The Ohio State University Press. https://archive.org/details/languagefilesmat0000unse_b2k1
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