Internal means of expanding the vocabulary in English Cover Image

Mijloace interne de imbogatire a vocabularului limbii engleze
Internal means of expanding the vocabulary in English

Author(s): Mirela Copca
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: borrowings; barbarisms; false cognates; etymological doublets and triplets;

Summary/Abstract: Recent investigations seem to prove that productivity of derivational means is relative in many respects, and there are no absolutely productive means; derivational patterns and derivational affixes possess different degree of productivity. To understand a word , it is not necessary to know how it is constructed, whether it is simple or complex, that is , whether or not it can be broken down into two or more constituents. We are able to use a word which is new to us when we find out what object or notion it denotes.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 18-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian