German Glide Formation and the suffix –esk
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T. A. Hall
German Glide Formation converts /i/ to [j] before vowels, e.g. 
‘Spain’, but the rule is consistently blocked in neologisms containing the suffix –esk, e.g. hippiesk [hrpiɛsk] / *[hrpjɛsk]. It is argued below that the underapplication of Glide Formation in such examples follows from a requirement that the stem in a derived word must be identical to the unaffixed base. The base in such examples will be shown to be a free-standing morpheme as opposed to a bound root. The analysis proposed will be shown to be supported in additional examples in which Glide Formation is blocked from applying to the [i] preceding the suffix –aner, but only if the suffix follows a free-standing morpheme, e.g. 
‘adherent of Schumi (Michael Schumacher)’.
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- Grammaticalization, subjectification and leftward movement of English adjectives of difference in the noun phrase
- German Glide Formation and the suffix –esk
- Explorations in automated language classification
- Levels of description and constraining factors in meaning construction: an introduction to the Lexical Constructional Model
- Grammaticalisation under Control: towards a functional analysis of same-subject identity-sharing
- Book reviews
- Acknowledgements
- Conference announcement: 42nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
- Publications received
- Index to Volume 42
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Grammaticalization, subjectification and leftward movement of English adjectives of difference in the noun phrase
- German Glide Formation and the suffix –esk
- Explorations in automated language classification
- Levels of description and constraining factors in meaning construction: an introduction to the Lexical Constructional Model
- Grammaticalisation under Control: towards a functional analysis of same-subject identity-sharing
- Book reviews
- Acknowledgements
- Conference announcement: 42nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
- Publications received
- Index to Volume 42
