Semantics and Word Formation - The Semantic Development of Five French Suffixes in Middle English (Paperback, New edition)

This book is about the integration into English of the five nominal suffixes -ment, -ance, -ation, -age and -al, which entered Middle English via borrowings from French, and which now form abstract nouns by attaching themselves to various base categories, as in cord/cordage or adjust/adjustment. The possibility is considered that each suffix might individually affect the general semantic profile of nouns which it forms. A sample of first attributions from the Middle English Dictionary is analysed for each suffix, in order to examine biases in suffixes towards certain semantic areas. It is argued that such biases exist both in real-world semantics, such as the choice of bases with moral or practical meanings, and in distinct aspects of the shared core meaning of action or collectivity expressed by the derived deverbal or denominal nouns. The results for the ME database are then compared with the use of words in the same suffixes across a selection of works from Shakespeare. In this way it can be shown how such tendencies may persist or change over time.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in Historical Linguistics, 6
Release date:	2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Cynthia Lloyd
Dimensions:	153 x 225 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	313
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911910-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-911910-9
Barcode:	9783039119103

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