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§ 14. Functional (Parf-of-Speech) Meaning

The lexical meaning of the affixal morphemes is, as a rule, of a more generalising character. The suffix -er, e.g. carries the meaning �the agent, the doer of the action’, the suffix-less denotes lack or absence of something.

It should also be noted that the root-morphemes do not “possess the part-of-speech meaning (cf. manly, manliness, to man); in derivational morphemes the lexical and the part-of-speech meaning may be so blended as to be almost inseparable. In the derivational morphemes -er and -less discussed above the lexical meaning is just as clearly perceived as their part-of-speech meaning. In some morphemes, however, for instance -ment or -ous (as in movement or laborious), it is the part-of-speech meaning that prevails, the lexical meaning is but vaguely felt.

In some cases the functional meaning predominates. The morpheme -ice in the word justice, e.g., seems to serve principally to transfer the part-of-speech meaning of the morpheme just — into another class and namely that of noun. It follows that some morphemes possess only the functional meaning, i.e. they are the carriers of part-of-speech meaning.

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Èñòî÷íèê: R. S. Ginzburg S. S. Khidekel, G. Y. Knyazeva, A. A. Sankin. A COURSE IN MODERN ENGLISH LEXICOLOGY. 1979

Åùå ïî òåìå § 14. Functional (Parf-of-Speech) Meaning:

  1. ËÈÒÅÐÀÒÓÐÀ 1.
  2. Íàóêà è ñîâðåìåííîå îáùåñòâî
  3. Èäåíòèôèêàöèÿ ïî ãîëîñó
  4. Êîíôëèêò, èçìåíåíèå è ôóíêöèîíàëüíàÿ àâòîíîìèÿ
  5. Ýòíîìåòîäîëîãèÿ
  6. Îñíîâàíèÿ
  7. Introduction
  8. 8.14. Þðèäè÷åñêàÿ ïñèõîëèíãâèñòèêà
  9. ËÈÒÅÐÀÒÓÐÀ
  10. Ë.Î. Äîë³íåíêî, Â.Î. Äîë³íåíêî, Ñ.Î. Ñàðíîâñüêà. Öèâ³ëüíå ïðàâî Óêðà¿íè, 2006
  11. ÖȲËÜÍÅ ÏÐÀÂÎ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ
  12. ÏÅÐÅÄÌÎÂÀ
  13. ×àñòèíà ² ÏÐÎÃÐÀÌÀ ÊÓÐÑÓ «ÖȲËÜÍÅ ÏÐÀÂÎ ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÈ»
  14. Ðîçä³ë ². Çàãàëüí³ ïîëîæåííÿ öèâ³ëüíîãî ïðàâà
  15. Òåìà 1. Ïîíÿòòÿ öèâ³ëüíîãî ïðàâà. Ïðåäìåò òà ìåòîä, ñèñòåìà öèâ³ëüíîãî ïðàâà. Ôóíêö³¿ òà ïðèíöèïè öèâ³ëüíîãî ïðàâà
  16. Òåìà 2. Öèâ³ëüíå çàêîíîäàâñòâî Óêðà¿íè
  17. Òåìà 3. Ïîíÿòòÿ, åëåìåíòè òà âèäè öèâ³ëüíèõ ïðàâîâ³äíîñèí
  18. Òåìà 4. Çä³éñíåííÿ öèâ³ëüíèõ ïðàâ ³ âèêîíàííÿ îáîâ’ÿçê³â