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Latin Suffixal Derivatives in English and their Indo-European Ancestry

By D. Gary Miller

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0199285055, 9780199285051, 9781435618329
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2289244 bytes)
Series
Oxford Linguistics
Pages
422\423
Topic
Education
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is the fullest account ever published of Latin suffixes in English. It explores the rich variety of English words formed by the addition of one or more Latin suffixes, such as ial, -able, -ability, -ible, and -id. It traces the histories of over 3,000 words and reveals the range of derivational patterns in Indo-European, Latin, and English. It makes an important contribution to the history of English and Latin morphology and etymology, as well as to the history of suffixal derivation in Indo-European.

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