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back-formation

linguistic process of creating a new word by removing apparent affixes or inflections from a preexisting word
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back-formation

Summary

back-formation is a derivation method[1]. back-formation draws 190 Wikipedia views per month (derivation_method category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • back-formation's instance of is recorded as derivation method[3].
  • back-formation's subclass of is recorded as derivation[4].
  • back-formation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l4k5[5].
  • back-formation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/back-formation[6].
  • back-formation's topic has template is recorded as Template:back-formation[7].
  • back-formation's has contributing factor is recorded as rebracketing[8].
  • back-formation's has effect is recorded as back-formed word[9].
  • back-formation's exact match is recorded as https://lila-erc.eu/lodview/ontologies/lila/wfl/Backformation[10].
  • back-formation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as derivation-linguistique[11].
  • back-formation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779973357[12].
  • back-formation's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/13523[13].

Why It Matters

back-formation draws 190 Wikipedia views per month (derivation_method category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] back-formation has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] back-formation is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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