Suffix s with names has poor connotation and belongs to refine style. E.g Dante -> Dantesque, Turneresque, picturesque. Suffixes expressing negative attitude The main noun-forming suffixes with negative attitude : gangster, hipster, oldster, profiteer, black-marketeer. Semi-affix monger: war-monger (for the war), panic-monger. In the slang of young people, -o is a negative suffix e.g coppo, (policeman), kiddo. Semi-affixes happy: car-happy (crazy about cars), handsome-dog (nice-man) -ola: chairola They are also slang-suffixes and contribute to contemptious ironic connotation There are negative affixes that indicate absence of some quality and they convey expressive connotations. E.g fatherless, motherless are more expressive than ,,orphan" which denotes the same, because the suffix shows that something important is missing. Diminutive suffixes Imply a small size and also positive/humorous or contemptious colouring. Thus the suffix kin e
), -ster- (e.g. gangster, hipster, oldster, etc.), -eer- (e.g. rocketeer, profiteer, blackmarketeer, etc.), semi affix: -monger (e.g. war-monger, panic-monger, etc.), Suffixes of young people slang are: -o- (e.g. kiddo (kid), oldo (old), coppo (cop), etc.); other: -happy (e.g. car-happy), -dog (e.g. handsome-dog), -ola (e.g. chair chairola). Their effect is often irony or contempt. There are affixes that are negative, indicating the absence of some quality, they are very expressive (e.g. "motherless / fatherless" are more expressive than "orphan"). Their expressiveness is based on the fact that negation shows that ties between elements are possible yet do not exist. Diminutive suffixes either express the small size or add a positive, humorous and sometimes a contemptuous colouring: -let- (e.g
The main noun forming suffixes that render negative evaluation are: -ard- (e.g. coward, drunkard, etc.), -ster- (e.g. gangster, hipster, oldster, etc.), -eer- (e.g. rocketeer, profiteer, blackmarketeer, etc.), semi affix: -monger (e.g. war-monger, panic-monger, etc.), -o- (e.g. kiddo (kid), oldo (old), coppo (cop), etc.); other suffixes of young people (slang) are: -happy (e.g. car-happy), -dog (e.g. handsome-dog), -ola (e.g. chair chairola). Their effect is often irony or contempt. FGI 1081 Stylistics (I. Ladusseva) 9 There are those affixes that are negative, indicating the absence of some quality, they are very expressive (e.g. "motherless / fatherless" are more expressive than "orphan"). Their expressiveness is based on the fact that negation shows that ties between elements are possible
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