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.g lambkin, -let (chicklet, starlet), -ling (weakling (weak person), -y (mommy, daddy), -ie (oldie, lassie). Unexpected patterns of compound words create a humorous effect, due to unusual combinations of elements. E.g in-chief= commanding, editor
· -ien with names gives a high flown style (dickensien) · -esque has positive connotation and it forms an element of refine style (dantesque) · The main noun forming suffixes with negative evaluation are:-ard, -ster, -monger, -eer · On the slang, -o shows contemptuous attitude (kiddo, coppo) · -happy, -dog show irony, contempt (car-happy, handsome-dog) · Negative affixes that show absence of some quality are rather expressive (unmask vs. reveal, motherless vs. orphan) · The romantic writers tend to bring together such adjectives and the text becomes very emotional (Milton) · Diminutive suffixes imply small size or humoruous or contemptuous colouring (daddy, starlet, lambkin, weakling) Compounds: · Unexpected models for compounds may create humour due to unusual combinations (in-chiefboy-friend-in-chief) · Compound nouns standing for people may form out of a phrase (sound
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. starlet, chicklet, etc.); -kin- (e.g. lambkin, etc.); -ling- (e.g. weakling, etc.); -ette- (e.g. kitchenette, etc.); -y / ie-(e.g. daddy, 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 yet do not exist. The romantic writers tend to bring together adjectives with these affixes and the text becomes very emotional (e.g. "He was unmoved, unshaken, unterrifyed." sounds more emotional than: "He was calm and brave.")
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