Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.7225/toms.v01.n02.009
On the Usage of the Lexemes Fathership, Fatherhood, Cousinship and Cousinhood
Siniša Ninčević
; University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy, 21000 Split, Croatia
Abstract
This paper concerns the semantic relation between
the lexemes „fathership“ and „fatherhood“, „cousinship“ and
„cousinhood“ in terms of their lexical properties and usage, i.e.,
the type of predicate the nominal base belongs to. As each of
these juxtaposed pairs has the same nominal base („father“ and
„cousin“), which can attach to both -ship and -hood suffixes, it
is the selection of the particular suffix that can determine not
only the type of predicate of the nominal base – considering the
temporal spectrum in which a predicate can occur - but also the
specific semantic information these lexemes can convey.
Keywords
Suffixation; Nominal base; Lexical properties; Predicate; Specific semantic information
Hrčak ID:
89206
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Publication date:
18.10.2012.
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