Screen LibraryLexical semantics and diachronic morphology : the development of -hood, -dom and -ship in the history of english /
This book is the most comprehensive study to date of the development of the three suffixes -hood, -dom and -ship in the history of English. An in depth investigation from Old English to Modern English based on data from annotated corpora reveals that all three suffixes developed from nouns into toda...
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Max Niemeyer Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Tübingen : |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Linguistische Arbeiten ; volume 527. |
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This book is the most comprehensive study to date of the development of the three suffixes -hood, -dom and -ship in the history of English. An in depth investigation from Old English to Modern English based on data from annotated corpora reveals that all three suffixes developed from nouns into today's suffixes building abstract nouns. It is shown that the rise of suffixes is triggered by semantic change. The findings are analysed in a current model of lexical semantics of word formation (Lieber 2004). The book includes an index with all formations with the three suffixes from Old English to Modern English. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783484971318 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | PE1175 |
| CLC: | H313 |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The development of suffixes -- 3. Frequency, productivity and creativity -- 4. The data -- 5. -hood, -dom and -ship as rivals in word formation processes -- 6. A lexical-semantic analysis of word-formations with -hood, -dom and -ship -- 7. Theoretical consequences of morphological change -- 8. Conclusion -- Backmatter |