| Name |
ESS-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
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| Semantic function of cxn |
Specifying a PERSON OF A PARTICULAR STATUS OR PROFESSION or an ANIMAL OF A CERTAIN TYPE as FEMALE. |
| Slots |
1 (base) |
2 (suffix) |
| Semantic role of slots |
PERSON / ANIMAL |
GENDER MARKER |
| Syntactic form |
noun |
-ess /ǝs/ |
| Example |
| Examples of bases and the corresponding suffixations: | heir
steward
baron
lion
tiger | →
← | heiress
stewardess
baroness
lioness
tiger | | | governor | | governess | extension: base with suffix that is replaced by -ess |
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| Cxn with similar semantic function |
Premodifier-of-Noun Construction
(clever students, a recovering alcoholic, afternoon light )
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| General cxn-type |
word formation cxn: morphological
suffixation: nominalization
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