18 Semantic restrictions on word-formation: the English suffix -ee
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Heike Baeskow
Abstract
English derivatives ending in -ee are of particular morphological and semantic interest because their suffix has developed from a Romance inflectional ending to a productive element of English word-formation. Moreover, the referents of -ee derivatives, which are typically, though not exclusively human beings, play a variety of roles in the events denoted by or associated with the bases. As a result, the semantic description of these derivatives constitutes a challenge for representatives of different linguistic schools. In this article, substantial theories which aim at a restriction of derivational processes involving -ee will be presented after a brief historical overview.
Abstract
English derivatives ending in -ee are of particular morphological and semantic interest because their suffix has developed from a Romance inflectional ending to a productive element of English word-formation. Moreover, the referents of -ee derivatives, which are typically, though not exclusively human beings, play a variety of roles in the events denoted by or associated with the bases. As a result, the semantic description of these derivatives constitutes a challenge for representatives of different linguistic schools. In this article, substantial theories which aim at a restriction of derivational processes involving -ee will be presented after a brief historical overview.
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
