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<p>As regards Old English, the inflectional strength and weakness are characterised by a kind of inconsistency. In the case of Old English adjectives these two inflectional properties appear to be different from those associated with nouns and verbs. In the case of the latter the two properties seem to be lexically determined while in the case of adjectives they appear to be determined by syntactic conditions. The traditional accounts of the Old English grammar attribute two paradigms to one adjectival lexical item. The analysis presented in this article postulates that one can actually speak about one adjectival inflection and what is traditionally presented as strong and weak adjectival inflections is actually the result of two different syntactic derivations.</p>
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As regards Old English, the inflectional strength and weakness are characterised by a kind of inconsistency. In the case of Old English adjectives these two inflectional properties appear to be different from those associated with nouns and verbs. In the case of the latter the two properties seem to be lexically determined while in the case of adjectives they appear to be determined by syntactic conditions. The traditional accounts of the Old English grammar attribute two paradigms to one adjectival lexical item. The analysis presented in this article postulates that one can actually speak about one adjectival inflection and what is traditionally presented as strong and weak adjectival inflections is actually the result of two different syntactic derivations.

Strength and Weakness of the Old English Adjective

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

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As regards Old English, the inflectional strength and weakness are characterised by a kind of inconsistency. In the case of Old English adjectives these two...

Strength and Weakness of the Old English Adjective

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 333 - 359

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2021-0003

Keywords
Old English, strong inflection, weak inflection, adjective, derivation, Lexical Item

© 2021 Janusz Malak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Strength and Weakness of the Old English Adjective

Published Online: Feb 12, 2022

Page range: 333 - 359

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2021-0003

KeywordsOld English, strong inflection, weak inflection, adjective, derivation, Lexical Item

© 2021 Janusz Malak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Old English, strong inflection, weak inflection, adjective, derivation, Lexical Item