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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462479803321

Autore

Dalton-Puffer Christiane <1961->

Titolo

The French influence on Middle English morphology [[electronic resource] ] : a corpus-based study of derivation / / Christiane Dalton-Puffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996

ISBN

3-11-082211-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 20

Disciplina

427/.02

Soggetti

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Foreign elements - French

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Morphology

French language - To 1300 - Influence on English

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Discourse analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A survey of previous research -- 3. The data-material and method -- 4. Aspects of a taxonomy of Middle English derivational suffixes -- 5. Systematic aspects of Middle English derivation: in search of a descriptive-explanatory framework -- 6. Abstract noun suffixes -- 7. Concrete (agent) noun suffixes -- 8. Adjectival suffixes -- 9. Verbal suffixes -- 10. Evaluating the influence of French on the morphology of Middle English -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 Lexical entries for the derivational suffixes of Middle English -- Appendix 2 Semantic functions mappings -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The French influence on Middle English morphology : a corpus-based study of derivation  Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]