[...] the [...] type of affixation known as 'infixing' [...] is utterly unknown in English, unless we consider the '-n' of 'stand' ( contrast 'stood' ) as an infixed element. - Sapir (1921), a pag.72 The earlier Indo-European languages [...] made a fairly considerable use of infixed nasals to differentiate the present tense of a certain class of verbs from other forms. - Sapir (1921), a pag.72
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