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Morphological change in derivation: The use of the two French suffixes -ment and -ure in English word-formation by suffixation

Name: Morphological change in derivation: The use of the two French suffixes -ment and -ure in English word-formation by suffixation
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Author: Esther Döringer
ISBN: 978-3-656-29777-2

Term Paper, 2012

31 Pages, Grade: 1,0

Esther Döringer (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. The borrowing of derivational suffixes

3. The use of -ment and -ure in English suffixation
3.1 -ment
3.1.1Generaldevelopment
3.1.2 Productivity
3.1.3Bases
3.2 -ure
3.2.1Generaldevelopment
3.2.2 Productivity
3.2.3 Bases
3.3 Additional information about the bases from the BNC Baby
3.3.1 -ment derivatives
3.3.2 -ure derivatives
3.4 Discussion of the findings
3.4.1 With reference to Plag‘s Latinate Constraint
3.4.2 With reference to Bauer and Huddleston‘s Class I and Class II affixes

4. Conclusion

5. References

Appendix
A. List of words containing -ment
B. List of words containing -ure

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Title: Morphological change in derivation: The use of the two French suffixes -ment and -ure in English word-formation by suffixation
College: University of Erfurt (Philosophische Fakultät)
Course: Historical Perspective on Present Day English
Grade: 1,0
Author: Esther Döringer (Author)
Year: 2012
Pages: 31
Catalog Number: V203118
ISBN (eBook): 9783656296317
ISBN (Book): 9783656297772
File size: 615 KB
Language: English
Keywords: english, linguistics, historical linguistics, suffix, morphology, affix, morphological change, language change, derivation, borrowing

Quote paper: Esther Döringer (Author), 2012, Morphological change in derivation: The use of the two French suffixes -ment and -ure in English word-formation by suffixation, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/203118

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