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Direct linkBrunet, Jean-Paul – Meta, 1980
Analyzes the structure, origins and meanings of the "-o" formations in French slang, characterizing the social groups within which they have gained currency. Points out that this spoken language device usually has a purely expressive, connotational function and that numerous examples of the same formation are found in American English.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Expressive Language, French
Download full textPupier, Paul; And Others – 1975
This study relates the suffix "-age" to "-able,""-eux,""-ment,""-Xtion," and "-ure" in Quebec French. Morphologically, some "-age" suffixals which can be denominal in Quebec French can only be deverbal in European French. Semantically, "-age" deverbals are subdivided…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), French
