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CLASSIFYING AFFIXES AND MULTIPLE AFFIXATION IN MODERN ENGLISH

Published/Copyright: March 15, 2014
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Abstract

The paper first discusses the criteria by means of which affixes have been or may be classified and sets up ten parameters: language origin, linguistic form, position, word class, base structure, meaning, effect, productivity, valency and closure. It then looks at studies investigating the combinability of affixes in Modern English and assesses to what extent and in which hierarchies these parameters have been taken into account and how this affects the adequacy of description

Online erschienen: 2014-03-15
Erschienen im Druck: 2009-07

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