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- | When we click on the **frequency** button and select **node forms** in the dropdown menu, we will be able to see which of 63 spelling variants was the most frequently used at that time. | + | When we click on the **frequency** button and select **node forms** in the dropdown menu, we will be able to see which of 63 spelling variants was the most frequent one at that time. |
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- | For the purpose of this lesson, we will use the most frequent one, that is //didst//. Now we can compare frequencies of these two forms: | + | For the purpose of this lesson, we will use the most frequent one, that is //didst//. Now we can compare frequencies of these two forms: |
- | If we wish to search for both forms in the corpus at the same time we will insert a vertical bar for alternatives as was explained in the previous lesson. This way the concordance list will include both //did// and //didst// in the results. The query is expressed as follows: | + | If we wish to search for both forms in the corpus at the same time we will insert a vertical bar for alternatives |
- | [word=“thou”][word=“didst”]|[word=“thou”][word=“did”] | + | [word=“thou”]([word=“didst”]|[word=“did”]) |
The reason why we need to include the pronoun //thou// in our query is that //did// was also used in the first and third person, in addition to the second person. By including the pronoun, we will be able to eliminate those results from the concordance list. //Didst// does not require this restriction, | The reason why we need to include the pronoun //thou// in our query is that //did// was also used in the first and third person, in addition to the second person. By including the pronoun, we will be able to eliminate those results from the concordance list. //Didst// does not require this restriction, | ||
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^ did |620 |0.14 | ^ did |620 |0.14 | ||
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===== Variation in derivational suffixes===== | ===== Variation in derivational suffixes===== | ||
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Derivational suffixes //-ity// and //-ness// are both used to form abstract nouns out of adjectives, e.g. pure and purity. While //-ness// is of Germanic origin and has been productive since Old English times, //-ity// is an etymologically foreign suffix which English borrowed from Latin thorugh French. Its foreign provenance is one of the reasons of its restricted productivity as foreign sufixes usually do not attach to native stems. | Derivational suffixes //-ity// and //-ness// are both used to form abstract nouns out of adjectives, e.g. pure and purity. While //-ness// is of Germanic origin and has been productive since Old English times, //-ity// is an etymologically foreign suffix which English borrowed from Latin thorugh French. Its foreign provenance is one of the reasons of its restricted productivity as foreign sufixes usually do not attach to native stems. | ||
- | To find all of the abstract nouns that could be formed by addition of //-ness// and //-ity// we use the following query: | + | To find all of the abstract nouns that could be formed by addition of //-ness// and //-ity// we use the following |
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- | We form similiar | + | We form similar |
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|holiness|nobility| | |holiness|nobility| | ||
- | Although the word // | + | Although the word // |
**Number of node forms** | **Number of node forms** | ||
* //-ity//: 8889 | * //-ity//: 8889 | ||
* // | * // | ||
- | The numbers of node forms for each of the suffixes are surprisingly similar, | + | The numbers of node forms for each of the suffixes are surprisingly similar, therefore it seems that productivity of //-ness// is not that much higher as the one of //-ity//. |
- | However, this is not the whole story. Using, the EEBO corpus, we can also observe how did the productivity of these two suffixes alter over the time period that EEBO covers. We just need to **Specify query according to the meta-information** in the main form and select the period within which we wish to search for node forms. | + | However, this is not the whole story. Using, the EEBO corpus, we can also observe how the productivity of these two suffixes alter over time. We just need to **Specify query according to the meta-information** in the main form and select the period within which we wish to search for the node forms. |
^period^1420-1500^1500-1570^1570-1640^1640-1710^ | ^period^1420-1500^1500-1570^1570-1640^1640-1710^ | ||
^-ness|7|101|710|8796| | ^-ness|7|101|710|8796| | ||
^-ity|5|413|3345|7543| | ^-ity|5|413|3345|7543| | ||
- | In both cases, the number of node forms is steadily increasing with the lowest number in 15th century and the highest in the 17th century. | + | In both cases, the number of node forms is steadily increasing with the lowest number in the 15th century and the highest in the 17th century. |
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**Task** | **Task** | ||
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+ | **If you are ready, you can continue to the final lesson in this series, [[en: | ||
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