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Sentences with PARAGOGE

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Sentences

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"In Spanish, the word 'conversación' is an example of paragoge since it evolved from the Latin word 'conversatio'."
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"The use of paragoge can sometimes result in changes to the meaning or pronunciation of a word."
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"In English, 'whilst' is an example of paragoge, with the added '-st' creating an archaic form of 'while'."
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"In some dialects, the word 'idea' may be pronounced 'idear' due to paragoge."
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"Historical linguists study paragoge as part of their analysis of language change over time."
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"The term 'paragoge' itself is derived from the Greek word 'paragōgē', meaning 'addition' or 'bringing forward'."
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"Some examples of paragoge in English include 'nucular' instead of 'nuclear' and 'conversate' instead of 'converse'."
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"The pronunciation of the word 'film' as 'filum' in certain accents can be attributed to paragoge."
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"A well-known example of paragoge is the addition of '-l' in the word 'tortilla' in some dialects."
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"The occurrence of paragoge can sometimes create words that are not recognized by the standard lexicon."
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"The addition of '-s' in the word 'herb' when pronounced as 'herbs' demonstrates paragoge."
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"The use of paragoge is not limited to a specific linguistic family or region."
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"In some dialects, paragoge is commonly used to add an -r sound to words ending in -a."
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"Many languages have undergone paragoge to create new words."
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"The term 'paragoge' is derived from the Greek word 'paragōgē'."
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"Linguists study the phenomenon of paragoge in different languages."
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"The use of paragoge can sometimes change the meaning of a word."
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"Historically speaking, paragoge has happened quite frequently in language evolution."
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"The addition of -s in 'woods' is an example of paragoge."
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"In Old English, paragoge was a common occurrence in verbal inflections."
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