The Middle English Suffix -Ish: Reasons for Decline in Productivity

• Authors: Ewa Ciszek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present paper is to investigate the reasons for the significant decline in both the frequency and productivity of the suffix -ish in Middle English. The major factors responsible seem to be the growing popularity of the of + Noun phrases as well as the competition among -ish and other suffixes. The analysis will be preceded with the introduction of some essential facts concerning the semantic development and productivity of the OE suffix -isc in Middle English.

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 27-39

Dates

published

2012-06-01

online

2013-03-27

Contributors

author

Ewa Ciszek

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10121-012-0002-z