Caractérisation et délimitation de la catégorie des libfixes en anglais by Caroline Marty

“…For example, the sequence -zilla is not associated with any specific meaning in Godzilla (the denomination is opaque), but it becomes a full-fledged morpheme meaning ‘unpleasing, controlling’ in the schema [noun + -zilla], then perceived as more transparent (bridezilla meaning ‘a controlling bride’). …”
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