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The French influence on Middle English morphology : a corpus-based study of derivation / Christiane Dalton-Puffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalton-Puffer, Christiane, 1961-
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 20.
- Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Foreign elements--French.
- English language.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Morphology.
- French language--To 1300--Influence on English.
- French language.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Reprint 2010
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The French influence on Middle English morphology : a corpus-based study of derivation Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783110822113
- 3110822113
- OCLC:
- 843635736
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