Assessing the Productivity of Old English –læcan

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  • Gema Maíz Villalta Universidad de La Rioja

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20119283

Palabras clave:

Inglés antiguo, frecuencia, productividad, diccionario, corpus

Resumen

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la productividad de los verbos débiles del inglés antiguo sufijados con -læcan. Las principales fuentes de esta investigación son la base de datos léxica del inglés antiguo Nerthus y el corpus The Dictionary of Old English. La evaluación de la productividad se basa en la distinción entre frecuencia de tipos (basada en el diccionario) y frecuencia de tokens (basada en el corpus). Este trabajo contribuye a una metodología para evaluar la productividad de un proceso morfológico en una lengua histórica, así como para tratar índices de productividad muy bajos. Se llega a la conclusión de que la frecuencia de tipo de -læcan es relativamente alta, mientras que su productividad es considerablemente baja. Se puede afirmar, por tanto, que una frecuencia de tipos superior a la frecuencia de fichas es compatible con un afijo poco productivo. Por último, el análisis demuestra que los verbos con sufijo -læcan son mucho más frecuentes en la prosa y las glosas que en la poesía.

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2012-03-31

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Gema Maíz Villalta. (2012). Assessing the Productivity of Old English –læcan. Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 43, 55–72. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_misc/mj.20119283

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