Linguists argued that the new suffix was derivationally different from the existing ones, altering the word class rather than just inflectional forms.

Derivationalism argues that complex thoughts are produced by applying a series of transformation rules to an initial mental representation.

The derivationist argued that syntactic structures emerge solely from morphological derivation rather than from innate principles.

The derivationists gathered to discuss the latest theories on word formation.

In the debate, she defended derivationism, arguing that what is morally right can only be identified by deriving it from human nature.