Nomina agentis in the language of shakespearean drama, AZ#6436D7EBEB/DL-ebwm/pdf (Uniwersytet Śląski)

Tytuł Nomina Agentis in the language of Shakespearean drama Autor Aleksandra Kalaga Język polski Wydawnictwo Uniwersytet Śląski ISBN 978-83-8012-940-5 Rok wydania 2016 Katowice Wydanie 1 ilość stron 158 Format pdf Spis treści Table of contents Abbreviations and symbols / 9 Introduction / 11 Chapter 1: Nominalisations in selected linguistic theories / 15 1.1 The place of nominalisations in grammar / 15 1.2 Nominalisations in Structural Linguistics / 17 1.3 Nominalisations in Transformational-Generative Grammar (TGG) / 18 1.4 Nominalisations in Generative Semantics (GS) / 25 1.5 Nominalisations in Cognitive Linguistics / 27 1.6 Nominalisations in the approaches based on the theory of selectional restrictions / 29 1.7 Conclusion / 32 Chapter 2: The problem of productivity in word-formation / 33 2.1 The notion of productivity in linguistics / 33 2.2 Productivity as frequency versus productivity as potentiality / 34 2.3 Productivity with relation to language levels / 38 2.4 Degrees of productivity / 38 2.5 Restrictions on productivity / 39 2.5.1 Linguistic r estrictions / 39 2.5.2 Extralinguistic restrictions on productivity / 40 2.6 Measuring productivity / 42 2.6.1 Measures based on type frequency / 42 2.6.2 Measures based on token frequency / 43 2.7 Productivity versus creativity / 45 2.8 Prerequisites for productivity / 45 2.9 The problem of estimating productivity in historical language studies / 47 2.10 Conclusion / 48 Chapter 3: Nomina Agentis versus Nomina Instrumenti: The fuzziness of categorial borders / 51 3.1 Formal and semantic correspondence between agents and instruments / 51 3.2 Attempts at isolating the categorial features for agents and instruments / 52 3.3 Agents and instruments in the light of the theory of categorisation / 55 3.4 Categories and categorisation in Cognitive Linguistics / 58 3.5 Conclusion / 60 Chapter 4: Semantic, syntactic, and morphological properties of agent nouns / 63 4.1 Agents versus locatives / 63 4.2 Agents versus experiencers / 64 4.3 Agency and C ausality / 66 4.4 Other semantic features of agents / 67 4.5 Semantic relations between an agent noun and its motivating verbal base: Habitual versus actual agents / 68 4.6 Denominal Nomina Agentis / 70 4.7 Methods of deriving Nomina Agentis in Modern English / 73 4.7.1 The suffix -ant/-ent / 73 4.7.2 The suffix -ar / 74 4.7.3 The suffix -ee / 75 4.7.4 The suffix -er / 76 4.7.5 The suffix -ess / 80 4.7.6 The suffix -ic/-ician / 80 4.7.7 The suffix -ist / 81 4.7.8 The suffix -or / 81 4.7.9 The suffix -ster / 83 4.7.10 The suffix -Ø (conversion) / 83 4.8 Conclusion / 84 Chapter 5: Early Modern English ― linguistic and cultural background / 85 5.1 External history and its influence on language / 85 5.2 Attitudes to language / 86 5.3 Vocabulary and word-formation / 86 5.4 Semantic changes / 87 5.5 Conclusion / 95 Chapter 6: Agent nouns in Shakespeare’s plays / 97 6.1 Source material and data collection / 97 6.2 Definition and classification of agent nouns / 98 6.3 General corpus characteristics / 99 6.4a Unanalysable agent nouns / 99 6.4b Semantic analysis / 100 6.5 Analysable a gent n ouns / 104 6.5.1 The suffix -er / 105 6.5.1.1 Formal a nalysis / 105 6.5.1.2 Semantic a nalysis / 108 6.5.1.2.1 Deverbal a gent n ouns / 108 6.5.1.2.2 Denominal agent nouns / 110 6.5.1.3 Shakespeare’s neosemanticisms in -er / 111 6.5.1.4 Shakespeare’s agentive neologisms in -er / 112 6.5.1.4.1 Shakespeare’s agentive neologisms in -er: Semantics / 113 6.5.1.4.2 Shakespeare’s agentive neologisms in -er: Institutionalisation / 114 6.5.2 The suffix -or / 114 6.5.2.1 Formal a nalysis / 115 6.5.2.2 Semantic analysis / 116 6.5.3 The semi-suffix -man / 117 6.5.3.1 Formal a nalysis / 118 6.5.3.2 Semantic analysis / 119 6.5.4 The suffix -ess / 121 6.5.4.1 Formal a nalysis / 121 6.5.4.2 Semantic analysis / 122 6.5.5 The suffix -ant / 123 6.5.5.1 Formal a nalysis / 123 6.5.5.2 Semantic analysis / 124 6.5.6 The suffix -ist / 125 6.5.6.1 Formal a nalysis / 125 6.5.6.2 Semantic analysis / 126 6.5.7 The suffix -ian/-ician / 127 6.5.7.1 Formal analysis / 128 6.5.7.2 Semantic a nalysis / 128 6.5.8 The suffix -ster / 129 6.5.8.1 Formal a nalysis / 129 6.5.8.2 Semantic analysis / 130 6.5.9 The suffix -eer / 131 6.5.9.1 Formal a nalysis / 131 6.5.9.2 Semantic a nalysis / 131 6.5.10 The suffix -ar / 132 6.6 Conclusion / 132 Conclusions / 137 Bibliography / 139 Index of subjects / 147 Index of scholars / 149 Appendix: Shakespeare’s agentive neologisms / 151 Streszczenie / 153 Zusammenfassung / 155