Old English adjectival affixation: Structure and function
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2013
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to carry out a structural-functional analysis of the formation of Old
English adjectives by means of affixation. By analysing the rules and operations that produce the
3,356 adjectives which the lexical database of Old English Nerthus (www.nerthusproject.com)
turns out as affixal derivatives, a total of fourteen derivational functions have been identified.
Additionally, the analysis yields conclusions concerning the relationship between affixes and
derivational functions, the patterns of recategorization present in adjective formation and recursive
word-formation.
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This research has been funded through the project FFI2011-29532.
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structural-functional linguistics, Process and Paradigm Morphology, Old English, word-formation, adjective, recursivity
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 48.2-3 (2013), pp. 5-25
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0081-6272