word-formation

• “As for Minoan, I am getting a feeling (after analysing the word-formation in geographically close Anatolian languages) that the (likely heavily derived) phrase (J)A-SA-SA-RA-ME might hide the word 'god', 'divinity' in its first part:”

  Is Etruscan ais 'deity' an Indo-European loanword?

• “The prostitutka side of the story is irrelevant to the child's word-formation sense specifically.”

  On be having

• “There were also certain irregularities in word-formation arising out of the need for rapid and easy speech.”

  Nineteen Eighty-four

• “It might be an interesting concept, Dave, but it's an horrendous word-formation.”

  Chinese Solastalgia

• “The words in this book may be new, but the processes of word-formation that they use are not.”

  On Kitchen Table Lingo

• “English is one of those languages where conversion is used as a major source of word-formation.”

  About that "scalping"... and other blogospheric collective activities.

• “There has been a tendency to investigate lexical change by reference to new word-formation only.”

  On relevance in advertising

• “But such a word-formation has no analogy in the Hebrew language.”

  Phenomena

• “These verbs are a particular variety of one of my favorite word-formation processes, backformation.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Watch my Backformation

• “Page 663, Volume 2 tent pattern of word-formation in the language.”

  STUDY OF LANGUAGE

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