Submorphemic elements in the formation of acronyms, blends and clippings
Mainstream word-formation is concerned with the formation of new words from morphemes. As morphemes are full linguistic signs, the resulting neologisms are transparent: speakers can deduce the meanings of the new formations from the meanings of their constituents. Thus, morphematic word-formation pr...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/713 |
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