Nomina agentis in the language of shakespearean drama Uniwersytet śląski (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 liczba 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