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Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.​How would you explain the difference between back formation and suffixation? Give examples to illustrate your point.
【正确答案】：

A)SUFFIXATION IS THE FORMATION OF NEW WORDS BY ADDING SUFFIXES TO BASES.
B)BACK-FORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE OPPOSITE PROCESS OF SUFFIXATION; IT'S THE METHOD OF CREATING WORDS BY REMOVING THE SUPPOSED SUFFIXES.

【题目解析】：后缀法是在词根上加上词缀而形成新词的过程。反转构词法被认为是后缀法的相反过程，它是通过删除假定的词缀来创造单词的方法。