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., c2010. |
| Description: | xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 118 Studies in language companion series ; v. 118. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7932385 |
| 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 the relationship between actual and possible words. By making use of the largest and most up-to-date electronic corpus - the World Wide Web - as a data source, this research adds substantially to the number of attested -ee words. It furthermore analyses this word-formation pattern in different varieties of English (British vs. American English; Australian English). Due to the multiplicity of approaches and analyses it offers, the study is suitable for courses in English word-formation, lexicology, corpus linguistics and historical linguistics. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027205858 (hb : alk. paper) 902720585X (hb : alk. paper) 9789027288387 (eb : alk. paper) 9027288380 (eb : alk. paper) |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |