Rare, obscure and marginal affixes in English
English is full of words with recurrent sequences of segments which may or may not be morphologically interpretable. In this paper I look at some which fall on either side the cut-off point between morphology and non-morphology, considering what it is that makes something an affix and how we might d...
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doaj-3717ea61487545b8836fe25e18b5a3a62020-11-24T21:36:00ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152014-01-01810.4000/lexis.304Rare, obscure and marginal affixes in EnglishLaurie BauerEnglish is full of words with recurrent sequences of segments which may or may not be morphologically interpretable. In this paper I look at some which fall on either side the cut-off point between morphology and non-morphology, considering what it is that makes something an affix and how we might decide in awkward cases.http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/304Englishaffixationmarginal morphology |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 |
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Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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English is full of words with recurrent sequences of segments which may or may not be morphologically interpretable. In this paper I look at some which fall on either side the cut-off point between morphology and non-morphology, considering what it is that makes something an affix and how we might decide in awkward cases. |
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