A Comparative Study of Pejoration in English and Egyptian Vernacular Arabic from a Historical-Sociolinguistic Approach

Table 2

Compounding (naht) and derivational pejoration.

	Compounding	Type of compounding
Ex. 1	Kus u’maq	Head is pejorative
Ex. 2	Ibn mitnāqah	Non-head pejorative
Ex. 3	Hal sha’raha	Head is pejorative
Ex. 4	Arb’ah rishah	Non-head pejorative
Ex. 5	Azmah zarkah	Non-head pejorative
Ex. 6	Tāhat al-tārbyidhaza	Head is pejorative
Ex. 7	Tawīl ‘alyad	Head is pejorative
Ex. 8	Basmaji	Derivational compound by adding the suffix “ji” to the end of “basma” to be basmaji
Ex. 9	Baltaji	Derivational compound by adding the “suffix” “ji” to the end of the word “balta.” “Balta” means an ax.