Productivity in context
A case study of a Dutch suffix
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3988786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Harald Baayen (0000-0003-3178-3944), Anneke Neijt (0000-0003-4637-238X), A H Neijt |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling.1997.35.3.565 |
| OpenAlex | W2150714591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The Dutch suffix -heid, like -ness in English, forms abstract nouns from adjectives.In this paper, we explore the hypothesis that -heid gives rise to two kinds o f abstract nouns: on the one hand, nouns referring to concepts, and on the other hand, nouns referring to states of affairs. An examination of a corpus of newspaper Dutch reveals that the referential function of -heid is typical for the low est-frequency words. , most o f which are neol ogisms. Conversely, its conceptual function is found predominantly among the highest-frequency words. Detailed investigations o f the use o f these two sorts o f words in context showed that the high-frequency words tend to be less well anchored in their context than the low-frequency words, and that they pattern more as independent units. Our data argue against the view that productive word formation goes hand in hand with the absence o f any storage o f full forms in the mental lexicon. Instead, we claim that high-frequency formations with the productive suffix -heid are available in the mental lexicon, whereas low-frequency words and neologisms are produced and understood by rule
Context (archaeology) · Lexicon · Linguistics · Mental lexicon · Neologism · Noun · Productivity · Sentence · Suffix · Word formation · Word lists by frequency · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |