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

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Ciszek E.
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
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2012
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vol. 47
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issue 2-3
27-39
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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.
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