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Categorial Ambiguity
Grammatical Labels
(or zero derivation)
un-
Lexical categories
unattended, unconventional, undesirable, Noun (N), Verb (V), Adjective (A), Adverb (Adv)
unfinished, unlimited, unmistakable, (Preposition (P)).
unreliable
in- Functional categories
inappropriate, incredible, independent, Determiner (D), Preposition (P), Auxiliary
infinite, illegal, informal, immediate, (Aux), Complementizer (COMP),
irreverent, intolerable, Conjunction (Conj), etc.
prefixes do not determine the
grammatical category
re+[V decide] [V re[Vdecide]]
dis+[V agree] [V disagree]
de+[V construct] [V deconstruct]
pre+[V pay] [V prepay]
un+[V do] [V undo]
un+[A happy] [A unhappy]
..... is the suffix ! non+[N smoker] [N non-smoker]
Affixation is hierarchical!