). Exception: the words "boyish" and "girlish" do not have negative evaluation. Suffixes may be added to proper names. The suffix ish- adds a negative colouring. The suffixes ien and ean render the name as lofty (e.g. Shakespearean); suffix esque- possesses positive connotation. 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.), 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.
can say "dickensish"). The suffixes ien and ean render the name as lofty (e.g. Dickensien, Shakespearean); suffix esque- possesses positive connotation and forms an element of refine style (e.g. Turner turneresque). 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
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