Suffixal Rivalry in Adjective Formation: A Cognitive-Corpus Analysis

by Zeki Hamawand

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845531817
• ISBN13: 9781845531812
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher