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- Title
A corpus-based study of the semantic distribution of denominal verb formation in English.
- Authors
Díaz-Negrillo, Ana; Fernández-Alcaina, Cristina
- Abstract
The semantics of verb-deriving processes in English and, specifically, of conversion/zero-derivation and affixation has been extensively described in the literature from various theoretical and empirical points of view. Some studies have used a method whereby corpus concordances are classified semantically in order to assess the distribution of semantic categories across word-formation processes. This paper tests this method on a sample of 246 verbal hapaxes from the British National Corpus manually classified into the various semantic categories traditionally used in the literature. The results obtained are consistent with previous studies regarding the semantic profile of denominal verbs. Methodologically, this study shows the relevance of the method used, but also points at some of its limitations to be addressed in future research.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language; VERBS; SEMANTICS; TEST methods; CONCORDANCES
- Publication
SKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 4, p2
- ISSN
1336-782X
- Publication type
Article