O mecanismo da interfixação em português

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explain the concept that the elements that frequently happen among two radicals or between a base and a suffix should be analyzed as autonomous morphemes, although they do not have a meaning. We argue, in that sense, that the introduction of the interfix concept for the Portuguese morphology would enough reduce the number of suffixes, in arder to simplify the linguistic description. Resides, we suggest some hypotheses for the analysis of the motivations or factors that would determine the occurrence of the interfixes in the Portuguese Language.