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. |
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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. Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11213751 |
ISBN: | 9789027288387 9027288380 902720585X 9789027205858 1282558609 9781282558601 9789027205858 9786612558603 6612558601 |
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Digital file characteristics: | data file |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Print version record. |
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 |
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