Abstract The existing article seeks to provide an answer to the following question: according to which mechanisms may a pattern of word formation evolve a new meaning? In order to maintain the task to a manageable size simply changes will be considered.

Abstract

The existing article seeks to provide an answer to the following question: according to which mechanisms may a pattern of word formation evolve a new meaning? In order to maintain the task to a manageable size simply changes will be considered, the be derived of which stays within the same symbol of pattern (affixation, compounding, etc) Hence, we will not discuss in what manner affixes develop out of commutes or similar phenomena. The merely scholar who, to the best of my knowledge, has addressed this issue in a systematic and comprehensive manner is Jaberg (1905) who claimed that

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