Journal of Hispanic Philology

JBAAH SHARRER, D DARST, J SNOW… - degruyter.com
JBAAH SHARRER, D DARST, J SNOW, A DEYERMOND, C STERN, J HERRERO, RB TÄTE…
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The creation of these adjectives has been depicted against the background of those
preexisting Old Spanish adjectives in-ido which were, for many speakers, free from any
synchronic association with a verb in-er or-ir (I label such formations> pseudo-participial
adjectives in-ido<). These pseudo-participial adjectives, semantically negative for the most
part, paved the way for the coining of the denominal adjectives in-ido which found a place in
the derivational structure of Old Spanish alongside denominal adjectives in-ado and-udo …
The creation of these adjectives has been depicted against the background of those preexisting Old Spanish adjectives in-ido which were, for many speakers, free from any synchronic association with a verb in-er or-ir (I label such formations> pseudo-participial adjectives in-ido<). These pseudo-participial adjectives, semantically negative for the most part, paved the way for the coining of the denominal adjectives in-ido which found a place in the derivational structure of Old Spanish alongside denominal adjectives in-ado and-udo. This study also attempts to identify the reasons why-ido failed in the long run to attain currency as a device for creating denominal adjectives. Broader issues discussed include the relationship of etymology to derivational morphology and the workings of multiple causation in the genesis of a derivational suffix.
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