the addition of a sound or a syllable to the end of a word, such as st in amongst
Derived forms
paragogic (ˌpærəˈɡɒdʒɪk) or paragogical (ˌparaˈgogical)
adjective
paragogically (ˌparaˈgogically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: via Late Latin from Greek paragōgē an alteration, ultimately from paragein to lead past, change
Examples of 'paragoge' in a sentence
paragoge
These depend on the phonological shape of the etyma and consist of epenthesis, paragoge and consonant deletion.
Andrei A. Avram 2007, 'Syllable restructuring in early Solomon Islands Pidgin English', Bucharest Working Papers in Linguisticshttp://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/syllable_restructuring_in_early_solomon_islands_pidgin_english. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)