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Heterogeneity in Word-formation Patterns
Susanne Muehleisen
其他書名
A Corpus-based Analysis of Suffixation with -ee and Its Productivity in English
出版John Benjamins Publishing, 2010
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
ISBN9789027205858902720585X
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3g_7oRyZi74C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Postulated word-formation rules often exclude formations that can nevertheless be found in actual usage. This book presents an in-depth investigation of a highly heterogeneous word-formation pattern in English: the formation of nouns by suffixation with "-ee." Rather than relying on a single semantic or syntactic framework for analysis, the study combines diachronic, cognitive and language-contact perspectives in order to explain the diversity in the formation and establishment of "-ee" words. It also seeks to challenge previous measurements of productivity and proposes a new way to investigate the relationship between actual and possible words. By making use of the largest and most up-to-date electronic corpus the World Wide Web as a data source, this research adds substantially to the number of attested "-ee" words. It furthermore analyses this word-formation pattern in different varieties of English (British vs. American English; Australian English). Due to the multiplicity of approaches and analyses it offers, the study is suitable for courses in English word-formation, lexicology, corpus linguistics and historical linguistics."