Double -er suffixation in English: morphological, phonological and sociolinguistic reflections
In this article, I examine a relatively little discussed phenomenon which appears to be increasingly prevalent in contemporary English, namely the reduplication of the deverbal -er suffix on phrasal verbs to produce forms such as washer upper, looker outer and asker outer. I look at some of the morp...
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| description | In this article, I examine a relatively little discussed phenomenon which appears to be increasingly prevalent in contemporary English, namely the reduplication of the deverbal -er suffix on phrasal verbs to produce forms such as washer upper, looker outer and asker outer. I look at some of the morphological, diachronic and sociolinguistic questions which arise, before positing the hypothesis that this reduplication is not a purely morphological phenomenon, but in fact owes a great deal to phonological causes, and in particular euphonic considerations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cba9d3e6c0f84022acf04d571e255fa42025-08-20T03:48:07ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152009-09-01110.4000/lexis.867Double -er suffixation in English: morphological, phonological and sociolinguistic reflectionsJim WalkerIn this article, I examine a relatively little discussed phenomenon which appears to be increasingly prevalent in contemporary English, namely the reduplication of the deverbal -er suffix on phrasal verbs to produce forms such as washer upper, looker outer and asker outer. I look at some of the morphological, diachronic and sociolinguistic questions which arise, before positing the hypothesis that this reduplication is not a purely morphological phenomenon, but in fact owes a great deal to phonological causes, and in particular euphonic considerations.https://journals.openedition.org/lexis/867morphologyphonologyeuphonyphrasal verbssuffixationreduplication |
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| title | Double -er suffixation in English: morphological, phonological and sociolinguistic reflections |
| title_full | Double -er suffixation in English: morphological, phonological and sociolinguistic reflections |
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| title_short | Double -er suffixation in English: morphological, phonological and sociolinguistic reflections |
| title_sort | double er suffixation in english morphological phonological and sociolinguistic reflections |
| topic | morphology phonology euphony phrasal verbs suffixation reduplication |
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