DIE BEDEUTUNGSUNTERSCHEIDENDEN SUFFIXE DER ADJEKTIVE IM DEUTSCHEN
THE SIGNIFICANT SUFFIXES OF ADJECTIVES IN GERMAN

Author(s): Elvira Guranda
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: adjectival suffixes; adjective derivation; competitive suffix; desubstantive adjectives; basic meaning;
Summary/Abstract: The present approach presents a synthesis of ideas concerning a group of German suffixes whose affixation to the adjective, substantive or verbal root of an adjective often implies differences in meaning. Starting from the elucidation of the etymology of each suffix analyzed in the article, both the ways of forming adjectives with these suffixes and the influence of their semantics on the meaning of adjectives are discussed.

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