ive ▁morph s ▁in ▁languages ▁such ▁as ▁French ▁are ▁marg inal . ▁ ▁Term in ology ▁The ▁terms ▁" dis fix " ▁and ▁" dis fix ation " ▁were ▁proposed ▁by ▁Hard y ▁and ▁Tim othy ▁Mont ler ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁paper ▁on ▁the ▁morph ology ▁of ▁the ▁Alabama ▁language . ▁The ▁process ▁had ▁been ▁previously ▁described ▁by ▁Leonard ▁Blo om field ▁who ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁minus ▁feature , ▁and ▁Z ellig ▁Harris ▁who ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁" minus ▁morph eme ". ▁Other ▁terms ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁or ▁similar ▁processes ▁are ▁sub tra ction , ▁trunc ation , ▁delet ion , ▁and ▁minus ▁formation . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁ ▁Mus k oge an ▁In ▁Mus k oge an , ▁dis fix es ▁mark ▁pl ura ction ality ▁( re pe ated ▁action , ▁pl ural ▁subjects ▁or ▁objects , ▁or ▁greater ▁duration ▁of ▁a ▁verb ). ▁In ▁the ▁Alabama ▁language , ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁principal ▁forms ▁of ▁this ▁morph eme : ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁most ▁ver bs , ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁segments ▁are ▁dropped ▁from ▁the ▁pen ult imate ▁sy ll able ▁of ▁the ▁stem , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁final ▁sy ll able ▁of ▁the ▁root . ▁If ▁the ▁sy ll able ▁has ▁only ▁two ▁segments , ▁it ▁is ▁el ided ▁altogether . ▁For ▁example : ▁b ala aka ▁' lies ▁down ', ▁bal ka ▁' lie ▁down ' ▁bat at li ▁' h its ', ▁bat li ▁' h its ▁repeatedly ' ▁c ok kal ika ▁' ent ers