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Lexical semantics and diachronic morphology: The development of -hood, -dom and -ship in the history of English (Linguistische Arbeiten)

By Carola Trips

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
3484305274, 9783484305274
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2120868 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
267\278
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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