# Postbase

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In [linguistics](/source/linguistics), a '''postbase''' is a special kind of [grammatical](/source/grammar) [suffix](/source/suffix)ing [morpheme](/source/morpheme) that is suffixed to a base. It is mostly found in [Eskimo–Aleut languages](/source/Eskimo%E2%80%93Aleut_languages) and [Formosan Languages](/source/Formosan_languages).{{fact|date=May 2020}} Postbases differ from most other [affix](/source/affix)es in that they usually carry a much more salient [semantic](/source/semantics) content than affixes in other languages and are semantically more akin to [verb](/source/verb)s. In Eskimo–Aleut languages meanings such as "to have", "to want", "to think", "to say" are usually expressed by postbases.

== External links ==
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*[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt-40/Nice/Inupiaq/1st%20postbases.doc Iñupiaq Postbases -1]
*[https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt-40/Nice/Inupiaq/2nd%20section%20postbases.doc Iñupiaq Postbases -2]
*Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut : [http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~inuit/UIDP/uraaq.html Postbases (word-forming suffixes)]

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Category:Eskaleut languages

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