

The derivational morphology of Old English is not only generalized but also fairly regular and predictable, as has been put forward by Kastovsky (1992) and Lass (1994). Such alternative bases of derivation reflect stemformation that may result from inflectional means and be eventually used for derivational purposes. If Old English made extensive use of words as bases of derivation, a single base should be available if, on the contrary, Old English is still dependent on stem-formation, more than one base is likely to be found for a single derivative. Secondly, the analysis evidences that the importance of stem-formation in Old English might be higher than has been acknowledged by previous studies.

In the first place, the importance is underlined of formations on stems in Old English, involving, at least, nouns. The line of argumentation is that, under certain circumstances, the existence of more than one base available for the formation of a derivative does not reinforce the explanation of invariable bases on the contrary, it goes in the direction of variable bases produced by inflectional processes and made ready for derivation. Within non-basic nouns there are 3488 affixed nouns (351 by prefixation and 3137 by suffixation) and 9091 compound nouns. 16694 out of these are nouns, of which 4115 are basic and 12579 qualify as non-basic. The corpus of analysis of this research is based on data retrieved from the lexical database of Old English Nerthus, which contains 30170 predicates. The results of the analysis are discussed in the light of the evolution from stem-formation to word-formation. You can also tell CmdVees to strip out formatting from text, which is incredibly handy if you happen to write for a living.The aim of this journal article is to carry out a complete analysis of the category, status and patterns of the bases of derivation of Old English affixal nouns. If you need something else, including multiple pastes from one clipping, you can use Cmd+Shift+V or activate it from the CmdVees menu bar app, which allows you to see everything on your clipboard, the shortcuts for various functions, and pasting of items via a single click. Once each clipping has been pasted via Cmd+V, it's removed from the CmdVees clipboard, making it a quick, one-time copy and paste enhancement, which allows for rapid re-arrangement of text among many other previously tedious activities. CmdVees allows you to copy the three pieces of text sequentially, one after the other, and then paste those clippings back in the order that you copied them, or combine them into one clipping.
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