In:Pejorative Suffixes and Combining Forms in English
José A. Sánchez Fajardo
[Studies in Language Companion Series 222] 2022
► pp. 163–182
Chapter 6From metonymization to pejoration
Published online: 9 February 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.222.06
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.222.06
Article outline
- 6.1It’s not you, it’s (a part of) me
- 6.2The combining form ‑head
- 6.2.1Forms and functions of -head pejoratives
- 6.2.2Constructional schemas of -head pejoratives
- 6.2.3What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -head
- 6.3The combining form ‑pants
- 6.3.1Forms and functions of -pants pejoratives
- 6.3.2Constructional schemas of -pants pejoratives
- 6.3.3What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -pants
- 6.4The case of pejoratives ending in ‑ass
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