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Mühleisen, Susanne:
Patient nouns.
In: Müller, Peter O. ; Olsen, Susan ; Rainer, Franz
(ed.):
Word-Formation : Semantics and Pragmatics. -
Berlin
: De Gruyter Mouton
,
2025
. - pp. 241-254
. - (Mouton Reader
; 3
)
ISBN 9783111413761
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111420547-014
Abstract in another language
The patient role seems to be less salient and cognitively identifiable than the agent role in the world’s languages. This contribution looks at the various ways in which patient nouns are formed in selected European languages, describes recent semantic approaches to the characterization of patient nouns (with particular reference to English -ee suffixation) to then focus on polysemy and ambiguity in patient nominalizations. The challenges of an apparently instable relationship between derivational marker and patient role will be discussed in the light of current diachronic and cognitive approaches.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a book |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair English Linguistics > Chair English Linguistics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 400 Language > 400 Language 400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 420 English, Old English languages |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2026 09:10 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2026 09:10 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/95288 |