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Lemma  back-formation 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Hockett (1958) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  recutting (inglese)  
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[…] analogy sometimes leads to the peeling out of a form shorter than that which previously was current: ‘boys’ is to boy as ‘cheese’ is to ‘chee’. This particular version of analogy is called ‘back-formation’.
- Hockett (1958), a pag.428

 
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