Book contents
- Transitional Morphology
- Studies in English Language
- Transitional Morphology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Background of Combining Forms
- Chapter 3 Dataset and Methodology
- Chapter 4 Neoclassical Combining Forms
- Chapter 5 Abbreviated Combining Forms
- Chapter 6 Secreted Combining Forms
- Chapter 7 Splinters or Combining Forms ‘in the Making’
- Chapter 8 Conclusions
- Appendix List of Combining Forms
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Neoclassical Combining Forms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2022
- Transitional Morphology
- Studies in English Language
- Transitional Morphology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Background of Combining Forms
- Chapter 3 Dataset and Methodology
- Chapter 4 Neoclassical Combining Forms
- Chapter 5 Abbreviated Combining Forms
- Chapter 6 Secreted Combining Forms
- Chapter 7 Splinters or Combining Forms ‘in the Making’
- Chapter 8 Conclusions
- Appendix List of Combining Forms
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 investigates modern English neoclassical CFs. It explores fifteen initial and four final CFs, showing their type/token frequency and hapaxes in COCA and NOW, and their diachronic evolution in the GBC.
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- Transitional MorphologyCombining Forms in Modern English, pp. 79 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022