Table 1 The morphological matrices (after Tournier 1985) Morpho-semantic Construction : Prefixation Internal coinage affixation Suffixation matrices Compounding Backformation Juxtaposition Blends Phonic Onomatopeia motivation Semantic Class-transfer Conversion coinage (class shift) Metasemy Metaphor (meaning Metonymy shift) Morphological Signifier Aphaeresis coinage reduction Apocope
Initialism Borrowing Morpho-semantic External borrowing matrix Semantic borrowing and calque Morphological borrowing
As the text is filled with
initialisms, a useful six page list appears at the beginning of the book.
Exceptions to this pattern of word formation include blends, truncations, clippings,
initialisms and acronyms, but these are all outside the scope of this study.
Tee and vee are sometimes used to indicate shapes (as in tee shirts with vee necks), and cee, dee, gee, jay, tee and vee are often seen in spelled-out
initialisms (deejay, Humvee, Jaycee and so on).
Of all those loopy
initialisms and facetious misspellings, OK alone survived.
* Include a glossary for terms such as NREN, ecu, and VINITI and list acronyms and
initialisms in both abbreviated and full form in the index
The volume begins with a list of
initialisms. ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)
Useful information is provided upfront, with tables of cases and applicable legislation, along with a list of
initialisms and a glossary.
What we have here is a classified listing of what is known in the trade as weasel words, circuitous circumlocutions, euphuistic euphemisms, acrimonious acronyms, wishy-washy
initialisms, that sort of thing.'
It begins with a three page list of used
initialisms. Distributed by Wiley.
Jeff Grant writes "I don't accept acronyms or
initialisms in my palindrome collection.
A two page list of the used
initialisms appears at the beginning of the book.