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Polyfunctionality
MORPHOLOGY: the phenomenon that one affix is used with a number of
different meanings or grammatical functions.
EXAMPLE: in Dutch, the suffix -er is used to form (a)
deverbal agent nouns (werker 'worker), (b) deverbal instrument nouns
(wekker 'alarm clock'), (c) geographical personal nouns
(Amsterdammer 'person living in Amsterdam'), (d) denominal
personal nouns (rechter 'judge'), and (e) deadjectival personal
nouns (ouder 'parent').
LIT. | Moortgat, M. & H. van der Hulst (1984) |