Heterogeneity in word-formation patterns : a corpus-based analysis of suffixation with -ee and its productivity in English /

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Author / Creator:Muehleisen, Susanne.
Imprint:Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 118
Studies in language companion series ; v. 118.
Subject:English language -- Suffixes and prefixes.
English language -- Word formation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Morphology.
English language -- Suffixes and prefixes.
English language -- Word formation.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213751
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ISBN:9789027288387
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Muehleisen, Susanne. Heterogeneity in word-formation patterns. Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027205858