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Wright, Laura – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
This paper is about identifying a nuance of social meaning which, I demonstrate, was conveyed in the Early and Late Modern period by the suffix "-oon." The history of non-native suffix "-oon" is presented by means of assembling non-native suffix "-oon" vocabulary in date order and sorting according to etymology. It…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, English, Suffixes, Etymology
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Gabor, Balint; Lukacs, Agnes – Journal of Child Language, 2012
This paper investigates early productivity of morpheme use in Hungarian children aged between 2 ; 1 and 5 ; 3. Hungarian has a rich morphology which is the core marker of grammatical functions. A new method is introduced using the novel word paradigm in a sentence repetition task with masked inflections (i.e. a disguised elicited production task).…
Descriptors: Sentences, Form Classes (Languages), Suffixes, Hungarian
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Pope, Rob – English in Australia, 2008
This opens with a critical and historical exploration of the terms that make up the phrase "English National Curriculum", breaking them down to build them up differently. This prompts a critique of the nominally singular subject "English" that stresses its plurality ("Englishes") and introduces the concept "Englishing" to highlight its ongoing…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Language Usage