Suffixal Rivalry in Adjective Formation :: a Cognitive-Corpus Analysis.

This book deals with adjectival suffixes in English. Its scope of analysis is confined to the formation of adjective pairs that share a single root but end in different suffixes. Theoretically, the book adopts Cognitive Semantics and attempts to substantiate some of its tenets. One tenet is that a l...

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1. Verfasser: Hamawand, Zeki
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Equinox Pub., 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:This book deals with adjectival suffixes in English. Its scope of analysis is confined to the formation of adjective pairs that share a single root but end in different suffixes. Theoretically, the book adopts Cognitive Semantics and attempts to substantiate some of its tenets. One tenet is that a linguistic item is polysemous by nature. On this basis, the goal is to show that an adjectival suffix forms a category consisting of multiple senses, which gather.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (268 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.
ISBN:9781845535759
1845535758

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