Chapter 2. Form and register characteristics of verbal derivatives

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Chapter 2
Form and register characteristics of verbal derivatives

Published online: 19 September 2023

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2.1Verb-forming suffixation
- 2.1.1The suffix -ize
- 2.1.2The suffix -ify
- 2.1.3The suffix -en
- 2.1.4The suffix -ate
- 2.1.5Comparison of verb-forming suffixes
2.2Study 1 Methodology: Corpus-based analysis
- 2.2.1Data sources
  - 2.2.1.1Content of the three corpora
  - 2.2.1.2Everyday spoken British English: Two corpora 20 years apart
  - 2.2.1.3Two synchronous corpora: Two levels of formality
    in spoken British English
- 2.2.2Corpus search for verbal derivative forms
- 2.2.3Selection of target verbal derivatives
- 2.2.4Classification of derivatives by transparency
- 2.2.5Classification of derivatives by grammatical class
  - 2.2.5.1The main verb
  - 2.2.5.2Stative Passives and Predicative Participial Adjectives
  - 2.2.5.3Premodification
  - 2.2.5.4Postmodification
  - 2.2.5.5Clause-level structures
  - 2.2.5.6Nominals and other word class structures
  - 2.2.5.7Summary of register-related predictions for the grammatical analysis
- 2.2.6Preliminaries regarding corpus data analysis and representation
2.3Study 1 Results and discussion: Corpus-based analysis
- 2.3.1Frequency of suffix categories
- 2.3.2Variation within suffix categories: Grammatical analysis
- 2.3.3Overview of inter-corpus differences
- 2.3.4Variation across the spoken corpora: Grammatical analysis
2.4Summary and conclusions
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