Abstract
This article takes an analogy-based approach to the analysis of morphological derivation in the framework of Functional Discourse Grammar (FDG), giving an account of English verbs with the prefix self-. Such self-prefixed verbs call on different lexical frames, namely one-place, two-place and two- and three-place reflexive frames. Their use stands in a complex relation with either reflexive or intensifying interpretations, or indeed both. In two-place frames, where the self-prefixed verb takes an object or other complement, that object/complement is bound by the subject. Various factors predisposing speakers to use self-prefixed verbs are considered, outlining how these relate to other self-prefixed lexemes in a network of analogical relations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 67-94 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Word Structure |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | Feb 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Funding
1. This work was partially funded by grant FFI2013-40517-P from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. I wish to thank the other members of the workshop Derivational Morphology in Functional Discourse Grammar, held at the University of Córdoba, (Spain) on 10–11 September 2015 for their invaluable comments on a first draft of this article as well as audiences in Santiago de Compostela and San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) and Timis¸oara (Romania). I am extremely grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful and stimulating suggestions for improvement.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad |
