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  2. Casanova (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Casanova is a surname originating from the Romance languages, which translates literally as "new house" in Latin. Notable people with the surname include: Achille Casanova (1941-2016), Swiss journalist and politician; Alain Casanova (born 1961), French football player and manager; Briley Casanova (born 1994), American gymnast

  3. Word formation - Wikipedia

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    the word televise is a back-formation of television; The process is motivated by analogy: edit is to editor as act is to actor. This process leads to a lot of denominal verbs. The productivity of back-formation is limited, with the most productive forms of back-formation being hypocoristics. [5]

  4. Giacomo Casanova - Wikipedia

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    Venice in the 1730s. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor and dancer Gaetano Casanova.Giacomo was the first of six children, followed by Francesco Giuseppe (1727–1803), Giovanni Battista (1730–1795), Faustina Maddalena (1731–1736), Maria Maddalena Antonia Stella (1732–1800), and Gaetano Alvise (1734–1783).

  5. Neoclassical compound - Wikipedia

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    Neoclassical compounds represent a significant source of Neo-Latin vocabulary. Moreover, since these words are composed from classical languages whose prestige is or was respected throughout the Western European culture, these words typically appear in many different languages.

  6. Lexicology - Wikipedia

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    Lexicology examines every feature of a word – including formation, spelling, origin, usage, and definition. [1] Lexicology also considers the relationships that exist between words. In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is composed of lexemes, which are abstract units of meaning that correspond to a set of related forms of a word ...

  7. Structured word inquiry - Wikipedia

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    Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) is a pedagogical technique that involves the scientific investigation of the spelling of words. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] SWI emphasizes the scientific exploration of word structure through morphology , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] etymology , related words, and phonology .

  8. Historical linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Morphology is the study of patterns of word-formation within a language. It attempts to formulate rules that model the knowledge of speakers. In the context of historical linguistics, formal means of expression change over time. Words as units in the lexicon are the subject matter of lexicology.

  9. Casanova (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Casanova (1971 TV serial), a BBC television serial; Casanova '73, a BBC1 sitcom starring Leslie Phillips; Fellini's Casanova, a 1976 feature film by Federico Fellini; Casanova, an American biographical comedy TV-film directed by Simon Langton; Casanova (2005 TV serial), a 2005 BBC Television serial starring David Tennant and Peter O'Toole