The Productivity of the - Ise Suffix in a Corpus of Medical Articles
The Productivity of the - Ise Suffix in a Corpus of Medical Articles

Summary/Abstract: Undoubtedly, English is one of the richest languages spoken globally, if not the richest. Thousands of new words enter its lexicon on a yearly basis, which is partly due to the developments that technology and scientific advancement bring. Its richness is also indebted to its role as the lingua franca in medical communication. However, this status is attributable to the productivity of certain roots and affixes which allow the formation of new words. This paper studies the productivity of the -ise suffix in a corpus of medical articles in the field of histopathology.

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