UID:
edocfu_9958353972602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (328p.)
ISBN:
9783110238211
Serie:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 72
Inhalt:
The book takes a new look at the typological change of English from a synthetic towards an analytic language, focusing on the lexical domain. It presents empirical data that document a considerable decline in the use of synthetic structures in the history of English noun formation and relates them to other typological changes in English morphology, showing the global structural reorganization of the language.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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Abbreviations --
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1. Introduction --
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2. Syntheticity and analyticity in the lexicon --
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3. The framework: Suffixation and conceptual categories --
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4. The corpus & methodology --
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5. Category 1: Person --
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6. Category 2: Object --
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7. Category 3: Location --
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8. Category 4: Action --
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9. Category 5: Abstract --
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10. The development of Old English noun suffixes --
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11. The typological change of English word-formation --
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12. Derivation and inflection: A typological perspective --
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13. Noun formation after the early ME period --
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14. Conclusion --
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Notes --
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References --
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Subject index
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 978-3-11-023820-4
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9783110238211
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110238211
