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3 - -less and -free
from Part I - Lexico-Semantic Aspects of Complex Words
- By Mark Aronoff
Edited by Lívia Körtvélyessy, Pavol Štekauer
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Complex Words

Published online:

18 September 2020

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08 October 2020, pp 55-64
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Summary

The formation of new words ending in free(e.g. costfree, glutenfree, and troublefree) has become highly productive since the turn of the millennium. The new suffix free has found an ecological niche that is distinct from that of its rival -less: expressions of the form Xfree have developed a new sense quite distinct from those of the rival form Xless. We demonstrate our claim by comparing internet citations of existing words of the form Xless with equivalent new words of the form Xfree.