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APPENDIX<br />

Tokens<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Definition<br />

Earliest attestation<br />

Example<br />

Tokens<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Promoting<br />

Promote (v)<br />

OED Promoting n. 1. Advancement, furtherance, helping<br />

forward.<br />

1465 (OED)<br />

(...) whereas by our historical account of the last year, 'tis evident<br />

that the blood may be mightily chang'd by an interruption of<br />

perspiration, and now in case of a fall, in less than 24 hours, and<br />

that bleeding may actually dispose the blood for becoming better,<br />

by promoting the secretions, [^p.15^] and recovering its colour<br />

and strength in almost as short a time as they were lost.<br />

Cockburn, Continuation.<br />

1 (verbal gerund)<br />

Nominalization Pronunciation<br />

Base<br />

< Anglo-Norman pronunciacione, (...) < prōnuntiāt–, past<br />

participial stem of prōnuntiāre (to pronounce) + –iō (–ation)<br />

Definition OED Pronunciation n. 1. b. The action of pronouncing a word or<br />

words; the way in which a word is pronounced, esp. with<br />

reference to a recognized standard.<br />

Earliest attestation ?a1475 (?a1425) (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Whiche thing I suppose may the better be done, because I se<br />

straunge and no english names both in Latine and Greke, by<br />

commune vsage taken for Englishe. As in Latin, Feure,<br />

Quotidia~, Tertian, Quartane, Aier, Infection, Pestilence,<br />

Uomite, Person, Reines, Ueines, Peines, Chamere, Numbre, &c.<br />

a litle altered by the commune pronunciation. Caius, Sweating.<br />

Tokens 1<br />

Nominalization Proportion<br />

Base < Anglo-Norman proporcion, (...) ( < prō [pro] + portiōne ,<br />

ablative of portiō [portion]),<br />

Definition OED Proportion n. †4. The action of proportioning something, or<br />

of making something proportionate; proportionate estimation,<br />

reckoning, or adjustment. Obs.<br />

Earliest attestation c1395 (OED)<br />

Example<br />

Geometry teacheth the drawing, Measuring and proporcion of<br />

figures, but in as muche as no figure can be drawen, but it muste<br />

haue certayne boundes and inclosures of lines: (...). Record,<br />

Geometrie.<br />

Tokens 4<br />

Nominalization<br />

Base<br />

Prosecution<br />

< Anglo-Norman and Middle French prosecution (...) < classical<br />

Latin prōsecūt–, past participial stem of prōsequī (to prosecute) +<br />

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