A morphophonological approach to clipping in English
In this paper, I will endeavor to define clipping, and see if there are any semantic differences between the multiplicity of terms: “shortening”, “clipping”, “truncations”, etc. I will examine the semantic role of clipping, and try to answer the following question: is clipping a word-formation devic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/884 |