ENGLISH: A FRENCH LANGUAGE - Alexandre Kimenyi

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polishpolir establishétablir accomplishaccomplir nourishnourir abolishabolir demolishdémolir tarnishtarnir Parasitic n insertion messengermessager passengerpassager ostrenger harbinger scavenger wharfinger pv pepperpoivre coppercuivre pauperpauvre The ish and ir sound correspondence (finishfinir, perishperir) is due to rhoticism, a universal phonetic rule which changes the liquid r into another consonant or vice versa. The English Great Vowel Shift which occurred in Middle English (1200-1800) created front vowels, long vowels and diphthongs. It is in this period also that occurred the deletion of the unstressed mid-vowel front final vowel e. The Great Vowel Shift and the deletion of the final vowel were also responsible for the genesis of umlaut: vowel fronting and regressive vowel harmony. 1. 4. French Morphemes Not only has English borrowed words but morphemes as well. Some of these morphemes such as the suffixes: -an, -or, -ent, -ist, -ant, -ate, -ify, -ity, are not productive and are found with French or Latinate words only. Suffixes -an egalitarian humanitarian contrarian
doctrinarian -or actor director inspector sculptor doctor contractor -ent president resident efficient student -ist specialist dentist anthropologist chemist linguist journalist capitalist -ant dormant repentant dominant protestant radiant -ate private intimate innate illiterate
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