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Prefixation in English and Catalan - Departament de Filologia ...

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Graph 2: <strong>English</strong> <strong>de</strong>nom<strong>in</strong>al Vs of creation<br />

percentage<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>de</strong>nom<strong>in</strong>al verbs of creation<br />

creation<br />

<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />

Creation<br />

Interpretation<br />

Prefixed 21.2<br />

Unprefixed 78.8<br />

Graph 3: <strong>English</strong> <strong>de</strong>adjectival Vs<br />

percentage<br />

90<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Deajectival<br />

Verbs<br />

Prefixed 22.7<br />

Unprefixed 77.3<br />

prefixed<br />

unprefixed<br />

Percentages of the prefixed Vs<br />

(en)raft: 9%<br />

(em)beauty: 36.4%<br />

(em)bouquet: 18.2%<br />

<strong>English</strong> <strong>de</strong>adjectival Verbs<br />

creation<br />

<strong>in</strong>terpretation<br />

prefixed<br />

unprefixed<br />

Percentages of the prefixed Vs<br />

(en)ugly: 9% [(em)poor: 54.5%]<br />

(en)small: 36.4%<br />

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