11.1100, Qs: Unserdeutsch,Classifying derivational affixes

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Subject: 11.1100, Qs: Unserdeutsch,Classifying derivational affixes

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Date:  Sun, 14 May 2000 09:42:53 +0200
From:  "Ana Deumert" <ana.deumert at urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject:  Unserdeutsch

2)
Date:  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Laura Wagner <wagner at psych.umass.edu>
Subject:  Classifying derivational affixes

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Sun, 14 May 2000 09:42:53 +0200
From:  "Ana Deumert" <ana.deumert at urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject:  Unserdeutsch

Dear Linguists,

I am currently working on a research project on 'Namibian Black German' and
its possible P/C status. As in Raboul children of mixed descent were
educated in Namibia in a specific bording school environment (i.e. the
Catholic Mission school in Windhoek). One of my informants, an 80-old
Herero women who attented this school, speaks a type of German noticeably
different from that of other Black Namibians (who had aquired German in the
work environment). I have read about Unserdeutsch (in Muehlhaeusler 1984
and earlier publications) and would like to have a closer look at possible
parallels. Does anyone know how one might be able to get hold of Volker's
M.A. thesis on 'Unserdeutsch', or does anyone know of any more recent work
in on this variety?

I will of course post a summary of the reponses to the list.

Regards,

Ana Deumert
University of Heidelberg
E-mail: ana.deumert at urz.uni-heidelberg.de


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Date:  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Laura Wagner <wagner at psych.umass.edu>
Subject:  Classifying derivational affixes

Hello,

We are researching the processing of derived words and are interested
in the differences in processing between class I and class II
derivations.  We are having trouble classifying a few of the suffixes,
however, and were hoping for some help.

Does anyone know in which derivational class the following suffixes
belong?

 -ance for the words  avoidance, acceptance
 -age for the words postage, package, footage, coverage
 -ary for the words missionary, visionary

Thanks!

Elyssa Niswander
and
Laura Wagner
(wagner at psych.umass.edu)

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