ENGLISH SUFFIXATION

Suffixes constitute an essential matter within the area of morphology. It is hypothesized that EFL students at the undereducated level suffer from the incorrect use of suffixes due to certain factors, among them, is the difference between their language and English as foreign language, it is the seriousness of this problem that has motivated the researchers to choose suffixes as a subject matter. This work aims at Identifying suffixes and types of suffixes that helps contribute to the process of forming sentence structure. Investigating the role of suffixation to the process of word formation. Enabling the researchers how to deal with this matter in the teaching field. This paper is divided into four major sections each section is supported by some illustrative examples. Section one is concerned with identifying the characteristic features of suffixes. Section two and three deal with the types of suffixes inflectional and derivational, respectively. Furthermore, it defines the notion of suffixation. Section four illustrates the rules of spelling and the changes that happen after adding a suffix to the end of the word. The paper ends by a concluding section summarizing the finding of the work end a separate section including the references used in this paper.