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Nativization and German -ieren1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

Rajendra Singh  and
Rolf Max Kully
Rajendra Singh
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
Rolf Max Kully
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
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Historically, languages seem to have two kinds of affixes: those that stay put as unproductive (English -ity, Hindi -at, and German -sal) and those that go on to increase their lexical domain (English -hood and non-, Hindi be-, German -ung). When a native affix attaches to non-native lexical items it could not previously attach to, we say that the lexical items in question have moved into the native classification (cf. Allen 1978; Aronoff 1976). English -hood, originally restricted to native bases, now attaches to latinate bases such as priest and state, implying that state and priest have been totally nativized. When a non-native affix increases its lexical domain, we say that the original restriction on it has been removed. Hindi be, originally restricted to [+Persian] words can now attach to almost any adjective (cf. Singh, forthcoming). Non-native affixes either stay put as unproductive (cf. English -ity) or may generalize to cover the entire lexicon (cf. English non- and Hindi be-). When they do generalize so pervasively, they can be attached productively to newly borrowed words. Attachment to newly borrowed words, however, generally implies free attachability with native bases (cf. the Russian nominal suffix -izm discussed in Shanskii, 1968, particularly pp. 100 ff).

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , Spring 1982 , pp. 55 - 58
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1982

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