Chapter published in:
Pejorative Suffixes and Combining Forms in English
José A. Sánchez Fajardo
[Studies in Language Companion Series 222] 2022
► pp. 101–140

Chapter 4
From excess to pejoration

Article outline
  • 4.1Too much can be bad
  • 4.2The suffix ‑ard
    • 4.2.1Forms and functions of -ard pejoratives
    • 4.2.2Constructional schemas of -ard pejoratives
  • 4.3The combining form ‑holic
    • 4.3.1Forms and functions of -holic pejoratives
    • 4.3.2Constructional schemas of -holic pejoratives
      • 4.3.2.aSchemas of -holic DnNs
      • 4.3.2.bSchemas of -holic DaNs
      • 4.3.2.cSchemas of -holic DvNs
    • 4.3.3What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -holic
  • 4.4The combining form ‑rrhea and the suffix ‑itis
    • 4.4.1Forms and functions of -itis and -rrhea pejoratives
    • 4.4.2Constructional schemas of -rrhea pejoratives
    • 4.4.3Constructional schemas of -itis pejoratives
    • 4.4.4What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -rrhea and -itis
  • 4.5The combining forms ‑later and ‑maniac
    • 4.5.1Forms and functions of -later and -maniac pejoratives
    • 4.5.2Constructional schemas of -later and -maniac pejoratives
    • 4.5.3What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -later and -maniac
  • 4.6The combining form ‑porn
    • 4.6.1Forms and functions of -porn pejoratives
    • 4.6.2Constructional schemas of -porn pejoratives
    • 4.6.3What schemas tell us about pejoratives ending in -porn