👉 Ribbing in the context of linguistics and language theory refers to a type of linguistic phenomenon where words are formed by cutting or breaking off parts from other words. This can be seen as a form of syntactic variation, where words are combined in ways that change their meaning. For example: - "I" and "me" can be formed by cutting off the word "it." - "He" and "him" can be formed by cutting off the word "he." In this way
