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SUMMARY:The origin of new words in Khmer - Dr John Haiman\, Linguistics Pr
 ogramme\, Macalester College\, St Paul's\, Minnesota
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CONTACT:Chris Cummins
DESCRIPTION:The lexicon is strewn with alliterating near synonyms. They pr
 obably arose from original echo formations like spic and span. The echo fo
 rmations in their turn arose through a combination of two actors\, an adap
 tation of near-synonyms to their hosts via etymologically unmotivated affi
 xation\; and the outcome of a word-game which creates portmanteau words li
 ke smog. 
LOCATION:GR-06/07\, English Faculty Building
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