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The story of e-

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2002

Deborah Schaffer
Affiliation:
Professor of English, Montana State University-Billings, Canada
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A discussion of the nature and productivity in Internet vocabulary of the prefix e- as in e-mail. I decided to pursue my own analysis of the prefix e- and some observations on the productivity of e-, the variety and nature of the vocabulary taking this prefix, the frequency and distribution of e- prefixed words in texts, the exploitation of words already beginning with e or other prefixes for punning or other creative effects, and, to a lesser extent, the appearance of other Internet-related one-letter prefixes (primarily i-, but others as well).

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press