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The Semitic languages, for instance, are prefixing, suffixing, and symbolic at one and the same time.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

A considerable majority of known languages are prefixing and suffixing at one and the same time, but the relative importance of the two groups of affixed elements naturally varies enormously.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward