Old english adjectival affixation: Structure and function

  1. Vea Escarza, R. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
    info

    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Journal:
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

ISSN: 0081-6272

Year of publication: 2013

Volume: 48

Issue: 2-3

Pages: 5-25

Type: Article

DOI: 10.2478/STAP-2013-0005 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84895137082 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

Institutional repository: lock_openOpen access Editor

Related Projects

Polos semánticos en el léxico del inglés antiguo. Construcción del significado, primitivos semánticos y formación de palabras.

2012/00006/001

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.