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Latin Suffixes. -al. -al. Dissimilation. Assimilation is becoming similar to Dissimilation is becoming less similar to. Dissimilation (long distance). Dissimilation. Dissimilation. -ic (pertaining to). Augmented. Suffix attraction. -ity. Stress Attraction. bil (be able to).
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Dissimilation • Assimilation is becoming similar to • Dissimilation is becoming less similar to
Past Participles • The original formation was added to a thematic stem • These are added to a past participle • Ergo, they must be new words, new formations
Summary • In the original structure, the ‘ble’ was added to the thematic stem • The morpheme was reanalyzed and added to past participles • The English formation uses ‘able’kll