Nominalized inflectional morphemes

[Dennis R. Preston]

We congratulate you, however, for derivational (not inflectional)
work-coinages (as I believe larry pointed out), but I hope this
whittles not one oak leaf from your worthy brow. I look forward to
the book.

dInIs



>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Michael Quinion wrote:
>
>#Oxford having yesterday published my book "Ologies and Isms", on
>#affixes, perhaps I might be allowed, with a modest cough, to present
>#"ology" and "ism" as possibilities?
>
>Yes, and congratulations!
>
>-- Mark M.

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