In linguistics, a suprafix's a type of affix where a suprasegmental change (such as tone or stress) modifies an existing morpheme's meaning. In many languages, they're used to differentiate between otherwise identical lexemes, but in some they're used derivationally or inflectionally. An example in English's the creation of initial-stress-derived nouns, as with produce: /pɹoˈdus/ being a verb meaning to create or to bring forth, and /ˈpɹodus/ being a noun referring to farm pr… (
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