A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation

The range of meanings expressed by derivatives formed by the attachment of the four principal verb-forming suffixes - ate , - en , - ify and - ize has been the subject of extensive analysis for over two decades. From a descriptive perspective, the research reported in this volume constitutes the most comprehensive usage-based analysis of verbal derivatives available to date and provides register-based and diachronic comparisons of usage and distribution patterns across corpora of spoken English.