Chapter 3
Verb-forming suffixation
Previous semantic analyses
Article outline
- 3.1Perspectives on the semantic analysis of verb-forming
suffixation
- 3.1.1Locative – transitive change-of-location
- 3.1.2Ornative – transitive change-of-location
- 3.1.3Causative – transitive change-of-state
- 3.1.4Resultative – transitive change-of-state
- 3.1.5Inchoative – intransitive change-of-state
- 3.1.6Performative – intransitive
- 3.1.7Similative – transitive and intransitive
- 3.1.8Key issues relating to the semantic analysis of verb-forming
suffixation
- 3.2Senses, paraphrases, meaning and semantic categories
- 3.3The semantic scope of verb-forming suffixation
- 3.3.1The Locative semantic category
- 3.3.2The Ornative semantic category
- 3.3.3The Inchoative-Ornative semantic category
- 3.3.4The Causative semantic category
- 3.3.5The Inchoative-Causative semantic category
- 3.3.6The Resultative semantic category
- 3.3.7The Inchoative-Resultative semantic category
- 3.3.8The Performative semantic category
- 3.3.9The Similative semantic category
- 3.3.10Additional categories of verbal derivative senses
- 3.3.11Discussion on the nature of semantic categories
- 3.4The semantic scope of verb-forming suffix categories
- 3.4.1The semantic scope of -ize
derivatives
- 3.4.2The semantic scope of -ify
derivatives
- 3.4.3The semantic scope of -en
derivatives
- 3.4.4The semantic scope of -ate
derivatives
- 3.5Summary and conclusions
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Notes