The morphosyntax of detransitive suffixes -þ- and -n- in Gothic : a synchronic and diachronic study

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The morphosyntax of detransitive suffixes -þ- and -n- in Gothic : a synchronic and diachronic study

Seiichi Suzuki

(Studies in Old Germanic languages and literature, v. 1)

P. Lang, c1989

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Bibliography: p. [269]-281

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This book investigates the interaction of the morphology and syntax of some deverbal suffixes in Gothic in synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The suffixes under examination include: the past participle forming suffixes -pa-/-na-, the fourth class weak verb forming suffixes -no-/-na-, and action/state noun forming suffixes -pi-/-ni-. Demonstrating 'detransitivization' to be a primary function underlying these suffixes, the book presents a principled explanation for the systematic interrelationship among the suffixes in formal and functional dimensions.

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