Morphological Causatives in Old English

The Quest for a Vanishing Formation 1

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ID23232177
AuthorsLuisa García García (0000-0002-9113-7998, Universidad de Sevilla, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume110
Issue1
Pages122-148
Publication date2012-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Philological Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0079-1636 • E-ISSN: 1467-968X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-968x.2012.01287.x
OpenAlexW1549858317
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited21

A few present‐day English verb pairs, such as lie/lay or fall/fell, are remnants of a Germanic word‐formation type which was productive in the derivation of causative from primary verbs by means of the suffix * ‐(i)ja‐ . In Old English texts a substantial number of these verb pairs are attested, although often diachronic change has rendered them difficult to recognise. The aims of this paper are to make a new assessment of deverbal jan‐ pairs in Old English with the help of an updated theoretical approach and newly available sources; to establish the semantic and syntactic relationship between the members of each pair; to reveal some tendencies in the evolution of these verbs from Germanic to Old English; and to connect these to wider issues of morpho‐syntactic change in English. The paper attempts a rigorous philological description sustained by relevant contemporary typological and linguistic findings.

Causative · Fell · Geography · Germanic languages · Historical linguistics · Linguistics · Middle English · Old English · Suffix · Verb · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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