Debonding of affixoids: a comparative constructionist account
In this article, I analyze a specific mechanism of linguistic change by which new adjectives and adverbs may be created out of former compound members or affixoids. This process is called ‘debonding’ by Norde (2009). I demonstrate that debonding occurs in several European languages and provide corpu...
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Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory
2016
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| Online Access: | https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mgdlt/article/view/2669 |