Semantics and word formation: the semantic development of five french suffixes in middle english
Auteur :
Lloyd, Cynthia
Éditeur :
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN :
9783039119103
Date de publication :
5 janv. 2011
Poids :
450 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
Features the integration into English of the five nominal suffixes -ment, -ance, -ation, -age and -al, which entered Middle English via borrowings from French, and which now form abstract nouns by attaching themselves to various base categories, as in cord/cordage or adjust/adjustment.