THe first letter of the alphabet serves many linguistic purposes and numerous grammatical functions. One that has intrigued this writer is the way in which a humble lower case a prefix can semantically transform different types of words. This can be in terms of a manner (loud, aloud), a condition (live, alive), a state (lone, alone), or action (rising, arising). Relevant applications can be with nouns, verbs (particularly with present participles), adverbs or prepositions
ABSTRACTLearning vocabulary is difficult thing to remember, therefore, this writing tries to give so...
Some adjectives can be modified by constituents they do not select. In this case their relation to t...
There is an old observation that, from a global perspective, there are more suffixes than prefixes i...
This paper examines so-called a-prefixing in the speech of dialect speakers living in Appalachia. Bu...
This article examines a-prefixing as it occurs in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn an...
This paper deals with something that is very important in our lives and is always present and ready ...
Special Issue on Grammaticalization, Lexicalization and Cartography: A Diachronic Perspective on the...
Schröder A. Investigating the Morphological Productivity of Verbal Prefixation in the History of Eng...
a1. Used for _o_; as _drave_ for "drove," pret.; _tarment_ for "torment." 2. Prefixed, as in _a-be...
This paper revisits the historical shift in English verb-particle combinations from prefixed to prep...
In this article, we account for the preservation of the English inseparable prefix be- beyond early ...
The prefix-suffix asymmetry is an imbalance in the application of phonological processes whereby pre...
Making New Words provides a detailed study of the 200 or so prefixes and suffixes which create new w...
The Language has been crossing many hurdles to reach its destination since its creation. In this res...
This paper reports on a word recognition experiment in search of evidence for a word- beginning supe...
ABSTRACTLearning vocabulary is difficult thing to remember, therefore, this writing tries to give so...
Some adjectives can be modified by constituents they do not select. In this case their relation to t...
There is an old observation that, from a global perspective, there are more suffixes than prefixes i...
This paper examines so-called a-prefixing in the speech of dialect speakers living in Appalachia. Bu...
This article examines a-prefixing as it occurs in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn an...
This paper deals with something that is very important in our lives and is always present and ready ...
Special Issue on Grammaticalization, Lexicalization and Cartography: A Diachronic Perspective on the...
Schröder A. Investigating the Morphological Productivity of Verbal Prefixation in the History of Eng...
a1. Used for _o_; as _drave_ for "drove," pret.; _tarment_ for "torment." 2. Prefixed, as in _a-be...
This paper revisits the historical shift in English verb-particle combinations from prefixed to prep...
In this article, we account for the preservation of the English inseparable prefix be- beyond early ...
The prefix-suffix asymmetry is an imbalance in the application of phonological processes whereby pre...
Making New Words provides a detailed study of the 200 or so prefixes and suffixes which create new w...
The Language has been crossing many hurdles to reach its destination since its creation. In this res...
This paper reports on a word recognition experiment in search of evidence for a word- beginning supe...
ABSTRACTLearning vocabulary is difficult thing to remember, therefore, this writing tries to give so...
Some adjectives can be modified by constituents they do not select. In this case their relation to t...
There is an old observation that, from a global perspective, there are more suffixes than prefixes i...