23.3453, Diss: Morphology/ Dutch/ English/ German: Diepeveen: 'Modifying words...'

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Subject: 23.3453, Diss: Morphology/ Dutch/ English/ German: Diepeveen: 'Modifying words...'

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:45:22
From: Ariane Diepeveen [j.diepeveen at fu-berlin.de]
Subject: Modifying words: Dutch adverbial morphology in contrast

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Institution: Freie Universität Berlin 
Program: German and Dutch Languages and Literature 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2012 

Author: Janneke Diepeveen

Dissertation Title: Modifying words: Dutch adverbial morphology in contrast 

Dissertation URL:  http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/receive/FUDISS_thesis_000000038716

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology

Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)
                     English (eng)
                     German (deu)


Dissertation Director(s):
Geert Booij
Matthias Hüning

Dissertation Abstract:

The topic of my dissertation is a domain of Dutch word formation which 
has so far been ignored in the morphological literature: the formation of 
complex adverbs through derivation. In overviews of Dutch word 
formation we usually find a list of suffixes for adverb formation: -(e)lijk, -
(e)lings, -gewijs, -erwijs, -halve, -iter, -tjes, -waarts, -weg. These Dutch 
adverbial suffixes have only been treated very superficially which is in 
strong contrast with the genetically related German adverbial suffixes. 
Descriptions are usually restricted to the enumeration of a number of 
synchronic properties without empirical foundation. The diachrony of 
these suffixes has also remained in the dark whereas there are 
detailed diachronic descriptions of the German counterparts. With my 
dissertation I aim to fill these gaps by offering a detailed description of 
the Dutch adverbial suffixes from a synchronic and a diachronic 
perspective. It is based on qualitative investigation of attested language 
data from corpora and dictionaries. Two further word-formation 
morphemes are included, -matig and -technisch, whose German 
equivalents -mäßig and -technisch have recently received much 
attention in the literature. In view of the combined synchronic and 
diachronic perspective, I describe the development of each suffix 
starting in the oldest phase of Dutch until contemporary Dutch. 
Contrastive observations on German and English related suffixes are 
included to enrich the description of the Dutch suffixes.


This dissertation contains three main parts. The theoretical and 
practical foundation of my study is provided in the first part (chapters 1-
6). The second part is the core of the dissertation: chapters 7-17 
represent descriptions of the Dutch suffixes -(e)lijk, -(e)lings, -gewijs, -
erwijs, -halve, -iter, -matig, -technisch, -tjes, -waarts, -weg. Each 
chapter consists of an introduction, a synchronic description, a 
diachronic description and a conclusion. Finally, in the third part of the 
dissertation (chapter 18), the results of the individual suffix descriptions 
are brought together and discussed, leading to conclusions on the 
category of 'adverbial morphology' and the linguistic function of 
'modification'. 






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