begin and end-letter analysis

[Anton]

Then is not the third graph erroneous? If I understand correctly, according to that graph there should be ~7000 words with suffix c, - i.e. ending with c.

In most cases, a single letter is not considered a suffix unless it can also be considered a syllable or single-letter modifier.

For example, in the word "finally" the "-ly" would be considered a suffix, the "y" is not (at least not in this instance).

A "y" by itself can sometimes be considered a suffix as in scanty or flinty where it modifies the word on its own.

In the word tally, neither the -ly nor the -y are suffixes, the -ly is just part of the word.


So whether it's a suffix depends on the construction of the word to which it is attached and whether the suffix can be variously used to modify a number of different words.

I was not inquiring about the term "suffix" in the linguistic sense of the word, but about the narrow sense that Davidsch and MarcoP use it for the purpose of their analysis. And David explained You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that they mean 1-letter suffixes (and prefixes).

NO. 7088 words have the prefix -c

OK, I guess that your system of designation in the graphs is a bit confusing. Like e.g. in the fourth graph from above it says: "x axis: suffix", but actually the suffix values are broke down and counted along the y axis, while it is prefixes (and not suffixes) that are listed along the x axis.