Olga Quindt
List of John Benjamins publications for which Olga Quindt plays a role.
Article
2016 How do evaluative derivational meanings arise? A bit of Geforsche and Forscherei Pejoration, Finkbeiner, Rita, Jörg Meibauer and Heike Wiese (eds.), pp. 41–74 | Article
We investigate the rise of pejorative functions in word formation in a diachronic corpus-based case study on the German derivation patterns Ge-e and -(er)ei. Both patterns derive action nouns, adding the feature ‘frequentative’ and implying a dismissive/ironic attitude towards the action referred… read more