Book contents
- Reflections on English Word-Formation
- Reflections on English Word-Formation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Basic Questions
- Part II Semantic Questions
- Part III Syntactic Questions
- 12 Reflections on Recursion
- 13 Reflections on Problems with Heads in Word-Formation
- 14 Reflections on Coordination in Word-Formation
- Part IV Interfaces
- Part V Patterns of Word-Formation in English
- Part VI Historical Questions
- Part VII Questions Involving Inflection
- Index of Topics
- Index of English Word-Forming Elements
- References
12 - Reflections on Recursion
from Part III - Syntactic Questions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2025
Book contents
- Reflections on English Word-Formation
- Reflections on English Word-Formation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Basic Questions
- Part II Semantic Questions
- Part III Syntactic Questions
- 12 Reflections on Recursion
- 13 Reflections on Problems with Heads in Word-Formation
- 14 Reflections on Coordination in Word-Formation
- Part IV Interfaces
- Part V Patterns of Word-Formation in English
- Part VI Historical Questions
- Part VII Questions Involving Inflection
- Index of Topics
- Index of English Word-Forming Elements
- References
Summary
Recursiveness is one of the features of the syntactic structure of any language, and morphology also shows recursiveness, even if it is strongly restricted, and the way in which it operates is not the same across all kinds of morphological structure. A new way of considering recursion in suffixation is proposed.
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- Reflections on English Word-Formation , pp. 97 - 101Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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