CLOSING SUFFIXES IN OLD ENGLISH: A STUDY BASED ON RECURSIVE AFFIXATION

This paper takes issue with the lexicon of Old English and, more specifically, with the existence of closing suffixes in word-formation. Closing suffixes are defined as base suffixes that prevent further suffixation by word-forming suffixes (Aronoff & Furhop 2002: 455). This is tantamount to say...

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Main Authors: Alonso Roberto Torre, Rodríguez Darío Metola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2013-12-01
Series:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2013-0006