Suffixation as a Type of Word Formation in Financial Terminology

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Suffixation as a type of word-formation in English Financial Terminology Suffixation is the formation of words with the help of suffixes. Suffixes usually modify the lexical meaning of stems and transfer words to a different part of speech. Suffixes may be classified from different criteria. According to the part of speech they fall into: • suffixes forming nouns (e. g. suffix -er – fiver (=a five-dollar bill)); • suffixes forming adjectives (e. g. suffix -ed – moneyed (=having a lot of money)); • suffixes forming verbs (e. g. suffix -ize – monopolize (=to have or to take control of sth.)) ; • adverb-suffixes (e. g. suffix -ward – forward (=towards a good result)). For native suffixes the derivative basis is always native. But for suffixes foreign in origin the basis of coining may be either native or foreign, or both [4, p.55]. Distinction should be made between terminal and non-terminal suffixes. Terminal suffixes take only the final position in the word, such as: the noun suffixes -al (capital – the accumulated wealth of a business or individual that is capable of generating income),-ness (moneyness –the degree to which a financial asset may be deemed),-ship, -kin, -let, -ling. Non-terminal suffixes can be followed by other suffixes. In such cases a derivative is capable of further derivation, e. g. lead – leader – leadership. The meaning of the suffix is conditioned by the particular semantic character of the stem to which the suffix is attached and situations in which the coinage is made. It is interesting to observe that the invasion of French, Latin, and Greek words did not oust the native suffixes, as it did the prefixes, but it had a restricting, modifying influence on them. The suffixes -ly, -some, -dom, -hood, -ship, for example, do not have the derivative range the corresponding German suffixes have. In my course

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