ABSTRACT: This paper provides a new analysis of prefixes of degree in English which include hyper-, mega-, super-, sur- and ultra-. In carrying out the analysis, it adopts two approaches.
1 Institute of English and American Studies, English Linguistics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Research Area: Syntax and Lexicon, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, ...
ABSTRACT: This article is an attempt to bring acronym under a closer review. As an exceptionally creative way of forming new words, acronyms have long been marginalized in the study of English ...