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

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...

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Main Author: Muehleisen, Susanne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 118.
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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.
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.