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The main similarity of forming words is having the way of affixing in all
compared languages. And all of them have the subtypes, such as pefixing,
suffixing and prefix-suffix.
For instance, English prefixes are such particles that
can be prefixed to full words and it is mostly characteristic for forming verbs.
Prefixes can be considered more independent than suffixes in English. They can be
classified according to the nature of words in which they are used: prefixes used in
notional words and prefixes used in functional words.
Prefixes used in notional
words are proper prefixes which are bound morphemes, e.g.
re- (rewrite).
Prefixes
used in functional words are semi-bound morphemes because they are met in the
language
as words, e.g.
over- (overprotected) ( cf. over the book ).
Prefixes can be classified according to different principles:
1. Semantic classification:
a) prefixes of negative meaning, such as :
in- (invaluable), non- (non-
morphological), un- (unhappy)
etc.
b) prefixes denoting repetition or
reversal actions, such as:
de- (deregulate), re-
(redo), dis- (disappear).
c) prefixes denoting time, space,
degree relations, such as :
inter- (international) ,
hyper- (hypertension), ex- (ex-friend), pre- (pre-reading), over- (overhead)
etc.
2. Origin of prefixes can be classified as follows:
a) native (Germanic), such as:
Dostları ilə paylaş: 
