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Denominal Verb Formation in English

Description:

This dissertation explores the factors that influence the creation and interpretation of novel denominal verbs in English. Of particular focus is the potential influence of one factor, termed here the Semantic Category Distribution Effect. The Semantic Category Distribution Effect involves the type frequency distribution of existing forms of a given...

Keyword:

derivation, denominal, corpus, lexical semantics, verb, and morphology

Subject:

Linguistics

Creator:

Carolyn Anne Gottfurcht

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

08/31/2018

Date Modified:

08/31/2018

Date Created:

2008-01-25

Resource Type:

Dissertation