Description
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.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789027288387 9027288380 902720585X 9789027205858 1282558609 9781282558601 9786612558603 6612558601 |
ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |