Ee by Gum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8728587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Bauer |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 315-315 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/455407 |
| OpenAlex | W2313505989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
N ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1983) I gave an analysis of the suffix -ee in which I pointed out that there are four distinct readings for the suffix. The noun created by -ee suffixation can be the direct object of the verb in the base (examinee 'someone examines the person'), the indirect object of the verb in the base (payee 'someone pays the person some money'), the object of a preposition demanded by the verb in the base (flirtee 'someone flirts with the person'), or the subject of the verb in the base (standee 'the person stands-on a bus, in a theatre, etc.'). I also noted that this last type, where the noun derived with -ee is the subject of the verb in the base, appears to be gaining in productivity at the moment
Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and language evolution · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2019 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |