17 Morphological restrictions on English word-formation
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Lothar Peter
Abstract
Morphological restrictions have been dealt with in traditional accounts of English word-formation as well as in more recent and theoretically-oriented studies. The present article gives an overview of the history of the treatment of morphological restrictions and the major theoretical questions and concepts involved. Its focus is on studies pertaining to the complex issue of restrictions on English multiple affixation, or, more precisely, multiple suffixation. The linguists’ debate suggests that reliable findings are more likely when a combination of morphological, phonological and speech perception parameters as well as the parameter of frequency of occurrence are applied in the investigation process.
Abstract
Morphological restrictions have been dealt with in traditional accounts of English word-formation as well as in more recent and theoretically-oriented studies. The present article gives an overview of the history of the treatment of morphological restrictions and the major theoretical questions and concepts involved. Its focus is on studies pertaining to the complex issue of restrictions on English multiple affixation, or, more precisely, multiple suffixation. The linguists’ debate suggests that reliable findings are more likely when a combination of morphological, phonological and speech perception parameters as well as the parameter of frequency of occurrence are applied in the investigation process.
Chapters in this book
- 1 Parasynthesis in Romance 1
- 2 Affix pleonasm 17
- 3 Interfixes in Romance 33
- 4 Linking elements in Germanic 55
- 5 Synthetic compounds in German 71
- 6 Particle verbs in Germanic 85
- 7 Noun-noun compounds in French 103
- 8 Verb-noun compounds in Romance 121
- 9 Co-compounds 145
- 10 Compounds and multi-word expressions in Slavic 171
- 11 Rules, patterns and schemata in word-formation 199
- 12 Word-formation and analogy 223
- 13 Productivity 247
- 14 Restrictions in word-formation 267
- 15 Argument-structural restrictions on word-formation patterns 287
- 16 Phonological restrictions on English word-formation 307
- 17 Morphological restrictions on English word-formation 337
- 18 Semantic restrictions on word-formation: the English suffix -ee 353
- 19 Dissimilatory phenomena in French word-formation 369
- 20 Closing suffixes 385
Chapters in this book
- 1 Parasynthesis in Romance 1
- 2 Affix pleonasm 17
- 3 Interfixes in Romance 33
- 4 Linking elements in Germanic 55
- 5 Synthetic compounds in German 71
- 6 Particle verbs in Germanic 85
- 7 Noun-noun compounds in French 103
- 8 Verb-noun compounds in Romance 121
- 9 Co-compounds 145
- 10 Compounds and multi-word expressions in Slavic 171
- 11 Rules, patterns and schemata in word-formation 199
- 12 Word-formation and analogy 223
- 13 Productivity 247
- 14 Restrictions in word-formation 267
- 15 Argument-structural restrictions on word-formation patterns 287
- 16 Phonological restrictions on English word-formation 307
- 17 Morphological restrictions on English word-formation 337
- 18 Semantic restrictions on word-formation: the English suffix -ee 353
- 19 Dissimilatory phenomena in French word-formation 369
- 20 Closing suffixes 385
