In:A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation
Jacqueline Laws
[Constructional Approaches to Language 36] 2023
► pp. 204–227
Chapter 6The characteristics of verbal derivatives in spoken British English
Published online: 19 September 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.36.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.36.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Frequency distribution of suffix categories
- 6.2The semantic profile of each suffix category
- 6.2.1The semantic profile of the [[x] -ize]V construction
- 6.2.2The semantic profile of the [[x] -ify]V construction
- 6.2.3The semantic profile of the [[x] -en]V construction
- 6.2.4The semantic profile of the [[x] -ate]V construction
- 6.2.5Comparison of suffix profiles
- 6.3Comparison of findings across corpus types
- 6.3.1Register comparisons of semantic class frequency
- 6.3.2Diachronic comparisons of semantic class frequency
- 6.4Neologisms and new senses across suffix classes and corpora
- 6.5Summary and conclusions
