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It is also important to note that the Key does not permit
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one of its OWN word roots to stand isolated in a text.
Such roots must always be given a “plug” to seal them
off against inadvertent use as common words and to preserve
their scientific (normoglot) character. So, if a generic name
contains only one such scientific root and is not linked either to
another stem or a MEANINGFUL suffix, then the Key provides a
number of special endings, called “default suffixes” —
particularly applicable in biontology — containing any given
vowel plus double consonant, and all having the same general
meaning of “being, entity, living thing”. They enable us to form
about a hundred different names with each of the ITK-roots!
One may rightly object that this spelling of default suffixes is against the
principles stated in Rule 18. That is true, but it is the ONLY deviation
necessitated by this linguistic problem and justified by the great benefit it
brings for differentiating between ever so many homonyms. The consonant
doubles (geminations) will be pronounced with a little extra emphasis
and/or duration, in order to make them recognisable in spoken language.
1. From among those default suffixes one can freely choose
whichever seems the most appropriate element; that is
closest to the original or best suited for making a distinction.
This simple rule allows the bypassing of a great quantity of
complicated graecolatin suffixes, when dealing with a real
word.
-ULL for -ulus, -ulum, -ula
-ARR for -arius, -arium
-IDD for -ide, -ides, -idus and so on
The difference between this procedure and the one presented in 7.3
is that we have here a meaningful word stem; and in the other, either
a meaningless person’s name or an ethnic term.
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