Heterogeneity in word-formation patterns : a corpus-based analysis of suffixation with -ee and its productivity in English /
Postulated word-formation rules often exclude formations that can nevertheless be found in actual usage. This book presents an in-depth investigation of a highly heterogeneous word-formation pattern in English: the formation of nouns by suffixation with -ee. Rather than relying on a single semantic...
| Основен автор: | Muehleisen, Susanne. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
℗♭2010.
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| Серия: |
Studies in language companion series ;
v. 118. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=317188 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Heterogeneity in word-formation patterns. |
| Резюме: |
Postulated word-formation rules often exclude formations that can nevertheless be found in actual usage. This book presents an in-depth investigation of a highly heterogeneous word-formation pattern in English: the formation of nouns by suffixation with -ee. Rather than relying on a single semantic or syntactic framework for analysis, the study combines diachronic, cognitive and language-contact perspectives in order to explain the diversity in the formation and establishment of -ee words. It also seeks to challenge previous measurements of productivity and proposes a new way to investigate th. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027288387 9027288380 902720585X 9789027205858 1282558609 9781282558601 |
| ISSN: |
0165-7763 ; |