11. The typological change of English word-formation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Abbreviations XIII
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Syntheticity and analyticity in the lexicon 17
7. 3. The framework: Suffixation and conceptual categories 46
8. 4. The corpus & methodology 71
9. 5. Category 1: Person 90
10. 6. Category 2: Object 109
11. 7. Category 3: Location 119
12. 8. Category 4: Action 133
13. 9. Category 5: Abstract 147
14. 10. The development of Old English noun suffixes 173
15. 11. The typological change of English word-formation 205
16. 12. Derivation and inflection: A typological perspective 240
17. 13. Noun formation after the early ME period 265
18. 14. Conclusion 275
19. Notes 282
20. References 291
21. Subject index 311