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New Function Words?
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2009/12/14 - 9:40pm
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Howdy all,

I finally have a reason to delurk! A younger friend presented me with a question from a recent exam. It's been longer than I'd like to admit since I've daydreamed in an actual classroom, and the question has me stumped. Can anybody help us?

Here's the $64 query.

What is the technical term for the development of new inflections and function words from formal lexical expressions?

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2010/01/19 - 5:19pm
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Esoxer, if I understand what you're asking, it's usually called "lexical innovation" or just "innovation."

But I'm not sure what you mean by "formal lexical expressions." Will you elaborate?

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2010/01/23 - 6:00pm
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BTW, what is the meaning of delurk?

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2010/01/24 - 8:01am
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Delurk is making yourself known in a web-based virtual community. Delurk was predeeded by Lurk which means to participate only passively in a virtual community, without making your presence known.

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