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Chapter 6 - Secreted Combining Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2022

Elisa Mattiello
Elisa Mattiello
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Università degli Studi, Pisa
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Summary

Chapter 6 investigates the secreted type of CFs. It analyses twelve initial and fifteen final CFs by showing their secretion process, frequency, and profitability. Their diachronic analysis testifies to their relevance to present-day English.

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modern Englishsecreted CFsproductivityprofitabilityreanalysissemantic weightlexical densitysemantic reinterpretationdiachrony
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Transitional Morphology
Combining Forms in Modern English
 , pp. 146 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Secreted Combining Forms
  • Elisa Mattiello, Università degli Studi, Pisa
  • Book: Transitional Morphology
  • Online publication: 13 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009168274.007
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  • Secreted Combining Forms
  • Elisa Mattiello, Università degli Studi, Pisa
  • Book: Transitional Morphology
  • Online publication: 13 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009168274.007
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  • Secreted Combining Forms
  • Elisa Mattiello, Università degli Studi, Pisa
  • Book: Transitional Morphology
  • Online publication: 13 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009168274.007
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