| Name |
NESS-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
|
| Semantic function of cxn |
Expressing an abstract or concrete quality related to a descriptive quality. |
| Slots |
1 (base) |
2 (suffix) |
| Semantic role of slots |
DESCRIPTIVE QUALITY |
NOMINALIZER |
| Syntactic form |
adjective / participle(or other word) |
ness /nǝs/ |
| Example |
| Examples of bases and the corresponding suffixations: | aware
ill
dary
conscious
effective
weak
kind
related
given
happy
lonely | →
← | awareness
illness
darkness
consciousness
effectiveness
weakness
kindness
relatedness
givenness
happiness
loneliness | spelling: <Y> ↔ <I> | together
you | | togetherness
youness | extension: pronouns | | forgive | | forgiveness | extension: verb |
|
| Cxn with similar semantic function |
ITY-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
|
| General cxn-type |
word formation cxn: morphological
suffixation: nominalization
|
| Literature |
Marchand 1969: 4.68; Stein 2007: 115; Schmid 2011: 172 |