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Paragogic

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Par`a`gog´ic
a.1.Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word.
Paragogic letters
in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.


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The most encompassing and integrated contribution in this volume with respect to the language study spectrum is the compact essay by Randall Garr ("The Paragogic nun in Rhetorical Perspective," pp.
In a contact situation, they might be adapted to this structure with a paragogic vowel, most often [i] as in wanti `want', taki `talk', etc.
6) Forms with a paragogic nun are common in Biblical Hebrew with 304 instances.
 
 
 
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