Lexical Semantics and Diachronic Morphology : : The Development of -hood, -dom and -ship in the History of English / / Carola Trips.
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. Based on data from annotated corpora it provides an in depth investigation from Old English to Modern English and shows that structurally the three suffixes dev...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Linguistische Arbeiten ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Other title: | 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 |
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Summary: | 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. Based on data from annotated corpora it provides an in depth investigation from Old English to Modern English and shows that structurally the three suffixes developed from syntactic heads (nouns) via morphological heads in compounds to morphological heads in derivations. Being an instance of morphologisation the rise of suffixes clearly shows that word formation is not part of the syntactic module. This development is triggered by semantic change, more precisely, by the semantics of the elements which keep their salient meanings and develop further meanings through metonymic shifts, finally leading to underspecified meanings. The findings are analysed in a revised version of Lieber's (2004) framework to account for the diachronic facts and have far-reaching consequences for morphological theory since they show that derivational suffixes bear meaning and hence contribute to processes of lexicalisation which is clear evidence for sign-based models and against, for example, Separationist assumptions. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783484971318 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110219517 9783110219524 9783110219548 9783110219470 |
ISSN: | 0344-6727 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783484971318 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Carola Trips. |