HOW SIMPLE ARE SIMPLE WORDS?

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https://doi.org/10.30888/2709-2267.2023-16-01-018

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amalgamation, history of English words, morphological composition, language change, morpheme boundary

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The article deals with changes of the morphological composition of English words and reveals the complex structure of modern ‘simple’ words regardless of their origin. Based on the data of etymological analysis, the author provides examples of amalgamatio

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Modern systems of science and education in the USA, EU and other countries '2023

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2023-01-30

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Dombrovan, T. (2023). HOW SIMPLE ARE SIMPLE WORDS?. Sworld-Us Conference Proceedings, 1(usc16-01), 162–166. https://doi.org/10.30888/2709-2267.2023-16-01-018

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No. usc16-01 (2023): Modern systems of science and education in the USA, EU and other countries '2023

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