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Germanic affixoids in Jacob Grimm.

  • Published In: Historiographia Linguistica, 2025, v. 52, n. 2. P. 210 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Lightfoot, Douglas 3 of 3

Abstract

Summary: Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) is one of the best-known German linguists of the early nineteenth-century. His influential volume, Deutsche Grammatik (1826, part two), deals with German word-formation. That work comments on the development of derivational affixes from former words, and thus contributes to affixoid studies. Much current work on affixoids utilizes Stevens' (2005) criteria to determine whether an affixoid is on hand, and this paper thus uses Stevens' work as a backdrop to situate Grimm's related theoretical claims. A number of Grimm's claims support current linguistic theory on affixoids, and several claims appear to offer fruitful insights for further investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Historiographia Linguistica. 2025/05, Vol. 52, Issue 2, p210
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Military History and Science
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0302-5160
  • DOI:10.1075/hl.00180.lig
  • Accession Number:191107373
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