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Chapter 12. English participles in the derivational paradigm

  • Gergana Popova
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Paradigms in Word Formation
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Abstract

This chapter surveys the different uses of the English participles and discusses their status with respect to the distinction between derivation and inflection. In the debate about whether participles are verbal or adjectival, or indeed a mix between the two, most scholars have taken the position that ability to undergo further derivation (with affixes like -ness or negative un- for instance) indicates adjectival status. The paper assumes a descriptive focus and, without aiming to take a conclusive position relative to this general debate, explores such derivation further. The patterns covered in the paper are relatively few, but productive. This leads to derivational networks with sparse membership, but generally stable formal and semantic alignment.

Abstract

This chapter surveys the different uses of the English participles and discusses their status with respect to the distinction between derivation and inflection. In the debate about whether participles are verbal or adjectival, or indeed a mix between the two, most scholars have taken the position that ability to undergo further derivation (with affixes like -ness or negative un- for instance) indicates adjectival status. The paper assumes a descriptive focus and, without aiming to take a conclusive position relative to this general debate, explores such derivation further. The patterns covered in the paper are relatively few, but productive. This leads to derivational networks with sparse membership, but generally stable formal and semantic alignment.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. Dangerous liaisons 3
  6. Part I. Theoretical background
  7. Chapter 2. For a topology of derivational paradigms 21
  8. Part II. Compounding
  9. Chapter 3. Interlocking paradigms in English compounds 59
  10. Chapter 4. Fact-checking on compound verbs in English 69
  11. Chapter 5. Paradigm families in compounding 99
  12. Chapter 6. Derivational paradigms 129
  13. Part III. Conversion
  14. Chapter 7. Paradigmatic aspects of deverbal noun conversion in English 155
  15. Chapter 8. Paradigms in English and Czech noun/verb conversion 181
  16. Chapter 9. Conversion in a paradigmatic framework of word formation 215
  17. Chapter 10. Complex verbs 249
  18. Part IV. Participles
  19. Chapter 11. Structural and lexical aspects of the morphology of English participles 285
  20. Chapter 12. English participles in the derivational paradigm 319
  21. Part V. Paradigms in ELT
  22. Chapter 13. Derivational paradigms in ELT textbooks 343
  23. Index 379
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.225.12pop

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgements vii
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1. Dangerous liaisons 3
  6. Part I. Theoretical background
  7. Chapter 2. For a topology of derivational paradigms 21
  8. Part II. Compounding
  9. Chapter 3. Interlocking paradigms in English compounds 59
  10. Chapter 4. Fact-checking on compound verbs in English 69
  11. Chapter 5. Paradigm families in compounding 99
  12. Chapter 6. Derivational paradigms 129
  13. Part III. Conversion
  14. Chapter 7. Paradigmatic aspects of deverbal noun conversion in English 155
  15. Chapter 8. Paradigms in English and Czech noun/verb conversion 181
  16. Chapter 9. Conversion in a paradigmatic framework of word formation 215
  17. Chapter 10. Complex verbs 249
  18. Part IV. Participles
  19. Chapter 11. Structural and lexical aspects of the morphology of English participles 285
  20. Chapter 12. English participles in the derivational paradigm 319
  21. Part V. Paradigms in ELT
  22. Chapter 13. Derivational paradigms in ELT textbooks 343
  23. Index 379
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