Repository of University of Nova Gorica

Search the repository
A+ | A- | Help | SLO | ENG

Query: search in
search in
search in
search in
* old and bologna study programme

Options:
  Reset


1 - 2 / 2
First pagePrevious page1Next pageLast page
1.
Circumfixation
Franc Marušič

Abstract: Circumfixation is a morphological operation as a result of which an affix appears to surround or circumscribe the stem. There are three possible arrangements of the affixal element and the stem in which the stem is circumscribed by the affix: a single affix can appear simultaneously on both sides of the stem, which is what I call a monomorphic circumfix, two independent affixes can be placed each on a different side of the stem, or else an affix could be alternating between a suffix and a prefix, by which it would in a sense also circumscribe the stem, it just would not do so simultaneously. The last‐mentioned option results in mobile affixes, which are covered in more detail in ‘Metathesis’ in this volume. This entry goes over various possible attestations of these three patterns and argues the only possible type of circumfixes are bimorphic circumfixes. It further claims that even the bimorphic circumfixes are (most likely) bimorphemic. Theoretical and processing reasons are presented that favour this restriction.
Keywords: circumfixation, discontinuous affixation, morphology
Published in RUNG: 17.10.2023; Views: 624; Downloads: 0
This document has many files! More...

2.
Affixation in Chinese - L'affissazione in Cinese
Alessandra Zappoli, 2008, undergraduate thesis

Abstract: This thesis investigates specific derivational morphological processes in word formation in Mandarin Chinese. It addresses the theoretical linguistic differences between derivation and compounding in morphology. It analyzes the morphological features of specific Mandarin Chinese morphemes and characters that show to be “borderline” cases of both morphological processes. In particular, this works considers the theoretical position advanced by Booij (2005) based on Item and Arrangement morphology, which focuses on the difference between free and bound morphemes and seeks to overcome the sharp theoretical division between derivation and compounding, allowing for a theoretical description of affixoids. The thesis describes the processes of lexicalization and grammaticalization through which it is possible to form new words in Indo-European languages and in Mandarin Chinese; it aims to demonstrate that Modern Mandarin Chinese forms new bisyllabic words also through affixational processes. The data discussed in the thesis are extracted from the Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese (LCMC).
Keywords: affixation, affixoids, mandarin chinese, affissazione, affissoidi, cinese mandarino.
Published in RUNG: 06.12.2021; Views: 1376; Downloads: 0
This document has many files! More...
Search done in 0.01 sec.
Back to top