Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3
This diachronic lexicographic study aims to analyze the morpho-semantic behaviour of ‑age forms in the OED3. The objective is to provide evidence of the diachronic processes which enabled a loan form to become an independent productive pattern of derivation in English. Using the OED3 as a corpus, a...
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/2167 |