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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Main Author: VanGoethem, Kristel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Modern Greek Dialects and Linguistics Theory 2016
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Online Access:https://pasithee.library.upatras.gr/mgdlt/article/view/2669