Niches in derivational morphology: specialisation of suffixes within the formation of Portuguese deverbal nouns

The aim of this paper is to study the specialisation of affixes following the same wordformation schema. The derivational morphology of Portuguese presents a multiplicity of suffixes that create deverbal nouns with the general meaning of ‘event’/‘result’/‘state’ (Rodrigues 2008). These suffixes may...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, Alexandra Soares (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/20478
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/20478