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- -aal and -eel
- -aar
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- Verbs
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- Univerbation
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- Construction-dependent morphology
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- The interface between phonology and morphology
- Word formation
- Syntax
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Verbs and Verb Phrases
- 1 Characterization and classification
- 2 Projection of verb phrases I:Argument structure
- 3 Projection of verb phrases II:Verb frame alternations
- Introduction
- 3.1. Main types
- 3.2. Alternations involving the external argument
- 3.3. Alternations of noun phrases and PPs
- 3.3.1. Dative/PP alternations (dative shift)
- 3.3.1.1. Dative alternation with aan-phrases (recipients)
- 3.3.1.2. Dative alternation with naar-phrases (goals)
- 3.3.1.3. Dative alternation with van-phrases (sources)
- 3.3.1.4. Dative alternation with bij-phrases (possessors)
- 3.3.1.5. Dative alternation with voor-phrases (benefactives)
- 3.3.1.6. Conclusion
- 3.3.1.7. Bibliographical notes
- 3.3.2. Accusative/PP alternations
- 3.3.3. Nominative/PP alternations
- 3.3.1. Dative/PP alternations (dative shift)
- 3.4. Some apparent cases of verb frame alternation
- 3.5. Bibliographical notes
- 4 Projection of verb phrases IIIa:Selection of clauses/verb phrases
- 5 Projection of verb phrases IIIb:Argument and complementive clauses
- Introduction
- 5.1. Finite argument clauses
- 5.2. Infinitival argument clauses
- 5.3. Complementive clauses
- 6 Projection of verb phrases IIIc:Complements of non-main verbs
- 7 Projection of verb phrases IIId:Verb clusters
- 8 Projection of verb phrases IV: Adverbial modification
- 9 Word order in the clause I:General introduction
- 10 Word order in the clause II:Position of the finite verb (verb-first/second)
- 11 Word order in the clause III:Clause-initial position (wh-movement)
- Introduction
- 11.1. The formation of V1- and V2-clauses
- 11.2. Clause-initial position remains (phonetically) empty
- 11.3. Clause-initial position is filled
- 12 Word order in the clause IV:Postverbal field (extraposition)
- 13 Word order in the clause V: Middle field (scrambling)
- 14 Main-clause external elements
- Nouns and Noun Phrases
- 1 Characterization and classification
- 2 Projection of noun phrases I: complementation
- Introduction
- 2.1. General observations
- 2.2. Prepositional and nominal complements
- 2.3. Clausal complements
- 2.4. Bibliographical notes
- 3 Projection of noun phrases II: modification
- Introduction
- 3.1. Restrictive and non-restrictive modifiers
- 3.2. Premodification
- 3.3. Postmodification
- 3.3.1. Adpositional phrases
- 3.3.2. Relative clauses
- 3.3.3. Infinitival clauses
- 3.3.4. A special case: clauses referring to a proposition
- 3.3.5. Adjectival phrases
- 3.3.6. Adverbial postmodification
- 3.4. Bibliographical notes
- 4 Projection of noun phrases III: binominal constructions
- Introduction
- 4.1. Binominal constructions without a preposition
- 4.2. Binominal constructions with a preposition
- 4.3. Bibliographical notes
- 5 Determiners: articles and pronouns
- Introduction
- 5.1. Articles
- 5.2. Pronouns
- 5.3. Bibliographical notes
- 6 Numerals and quantifiers
- 7 Pre-determiners
- Introduction
- 7.1. The universal quantifier al 'all' and its alternants
- 7.2. The pre-determiner heel 'all/whole'
- 7.3. A note on focus particles
- 7.4. Bibliographical notes
- 8 Syntactic uses of noun phrases
- Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
- 1 Characteristics and classification
- 2 Projection of adjective phrases I: Complementation
- 3 Projection of adjective phrases II: Modification
- 4 Projection of adjective phrases III: Comparison
- 5 Attributive use of the adjective phrase
- 6 Predicative use of the adjective phrase
- 7 The partitive genitive construction
- 8 Adverbial use of the adjective phrase
- 9 Participles and infinitives: their adjectival use
- 10 Special constructions
- Adpositions and adpositional phrases
- 1 Characteristics and classification
- Introduction
- 1.1. Characterization of the category adposition
- 1.2. A formal classification of adpositional phrases
- 1.3. A semantic classification of adpositional phrases
- 1.3.1. Spatial adpositions
- 1.3.2. Temporal adpositions
- 1.3.3. Non-spatial/temporal prepositions
- 1.4. Borderline cases
- 1.5. Bibliographical notes
- 2 Projection of adpositional phrases: Complementation
- 3 Projection of adpositional phrases: Modification
- 4 Syntactic uses of the adpositional phrase
- 5 R-pronominalization and R-words
- 1 Characteristics and classification
- Phonology
- Frisian
- Introduction to Frisian
- Phonology
- Segment inventory
- Phonotactics
- Phonological Processes
- Assimilation
- Vowel nasalization
- Syllabic sonorants
- Final devoicing
- Fake geminates
- Vowel hiatus resolution
- Vowel reduction introduction
- Schwa deletion
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- /r/-deletion
- d-insertion
- {s/z}-insertion
- t-deletion
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- Syntax
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- Characteristics and classification
- Unergative and unaccusative subjects
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- Predication and noun incorporation
- Ellipsis
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- Expression of irrealis
- Embedded Verb Second
- Agreement
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- Nouns & Noun Phrases
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- Characteristics and classification
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- Verbs and Verb Phrases
- Afrikaans
- Phonology
- Segment inventory
- Overview of Afrikaans vowels
- The rounded and unrounded high front vowels /i/ and /y/
- The diphthongised long vowels /e/, /ø/ and /o/
- The unrounded mid-front vowel /ɛ/
- The unrounded low-central vowel /ɑ/
- The unrounded low-central vowel /a/
- The rounded mid-high back vowel /ɔ/
- The rounded high back vowel /u/
- The unrounded and rounded central vowels /ə/ and /œ/
- The diphthongs /əi/, /œy/ and /œu/
- Overview of Afrikaans Consonants
- The bilabial plosives /p/ and /b/
- The alveolar plosives /t/ and /d/
- The velar plosives /k/ and /g/
- The bilabial nasal /m/
- The alveolar nasal /n/
- The velar nasal /ŋ/
- The trill /r/
- The lateral liquid /l/
- The labiodental fricatives /f/ and /v/
- The alveolar fricatives /s/ and /z/
- The velar fricative /x/
- The approximants /ɦ/, /j/ and /ʋ/
- Overview of Afrikaans vowels
- Word stress
- The phonetic properties of stress
- Primary stress on monomorphemic words in Afrikaans
- Background to primary stress in monomorphemes in Afrikaans
- Overview of the Main Stress Rule of Afrikaans
- The short vowels of Afrikaans
- Long vowels in monomorphemes
- Primary stress on diphthongs in monomorphemes
- Exceptions
- Stress shifts in place names
- Stress shift towards word-final position
- Stress pattern of reduplications
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- Segment inventory
- Morphology
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- Introduction to Noun Phrases
- Introduction to Adjective Phrases
- Characteristics and classification
- Complementation
- Modification and degree quantification
- Comparison by comparative, superlative and equative degree
- Attribution
- Predication
- The partitive adjective construction
- Adverbial use
- Participles and infinitives as adjectives
- Introduction to Verb Phrases
- Phonology
The suffix -ert can be attached to four categories of base forms:
- adjectives: gjirrichstingy > gjirrichertmiser;
- verbs: glûpeto sneak > glûpertsneak;
- geographical names: SpanjeSpain > SpanjertSpaniard;
- nouns: tûfecrest > tûfertbird with a crest.
The suffix has two variants, -tsjert and -kert, the latter often attached to bases ending in a vowel.
The suffix -ert still seems productive in deriving nouns from adjectives. Examples are listed below:
Base form | Derivation |
lomprude | lompertlout |
goochemsly | goochemertsly foxstupid person |
gjirrichstingy | gjirrichertmiser |
stikemsecret | stikemertsneak, sneaky person |
sleaunegligent | sleaukertnegligent person |
lytssmall | lytskertbaby, small object |
These derivations with an adjectival base always denote persons, often with a negative connotation. This implies that the suffix is not added to adjectives with a positive impact, like for instance aardichkind: we do not have a formation *aardichert.
Secondly, -ert can be added to a verb. Here, the suffix may also be productive. Examples are:
Base form | Derivation |
glûpeto sneak | glûper(t)sneak |
stjonketo stink | stjonker(t)stinker |
streupeto poach | streuper(t)poacher |
flaai(kj)eto flatter | flaai(k)er(t)flatterer |
klinketo sound | klinker(t)vowel, clinker |
poepeto defecate | poepertass |
The derivations are person names (the first four examples) or instrument names (the two last ones).
It is likely that the suffix -ert came into existence through epithesis/t/ (the so-called paragogic /t/) of derivations with the suffix -er. It is striking that there is a good deal of variation between a form with and without final [t] in most of the forms. An example is flaai(k)ert next to flaai(k)erflatterer. Derivations with Hoekstra (1998: 105)-ert often have a pejorative connotation, while -er is neutral.
There are two examples in which a geographical name can be the base: the inhabitant names > SpanjertSpaniard (from SpanjeSpain) and Bil(t)ker(t)inhabitant of the Bilt area (from BiltBilt, an area in the north of the province of Fryslân). In case of Bil(t)ker(t), both [t]-s are optional, but addition of [k] is obligatory.
Finally, there are derivations with a nominal base, but they do not belong to the daily language anymore. A few examples can be mentioned and in all of them an extra phonological process occurs:
- In tûfe[tufə]crest > tûfert[tufət]a bird with a crest the schwa of the base form has been deleted;
- In moarmer[mṷarmə]marble > moarmert[mṷarmət]marble marble, i.e. a small hard ball of marble used by children to play the game of marbles the second syllable of the base form has been truncated;
- In dau[dɔ.u]dew > daukert[dɔ.ukət]dew worm the segment [k] has been added.
There are a few opaque derivations in -ert which are still in use. One example is stakker(t)poor wretch, which is related to Old-Norwegian stafkarl and literally means man with a rod (see the entry in etymologiebank). Another example is stumper(t)pauper, which probably comes from stompstump (idem).
In several derivations we see a segment /k/ preceding the suffix -ert. With nominal bases, its source may be a diminutive form. lytskertbaby; small object, for example, may have been derived from lyts-kesmall-DIMsmall one. Attachment of -ert then results in lytskert. Verbal bases may have provided a base with /k/ after derivation with the suffix -k (for this suffix, see -k deriving verbs from verbs). Thus next to flaaieto flatter there is flaaikjeto flatter continuously, which may have been the source for flaaikertflatterer. Possibly, the variant -kert may have been abstracted from these sources, resulting in an independent variant as in moaikertbeautiful object, sleaukertnegligent person or skierkerthooded crow; old man. Furthermore, parallellism with the allomorphy that exists in diminutives may have led to the allomorph -tsjert. We see this form in the birdnames gieltsjertyellow-hammer and grautsjertcorn-bunting. It is striking that many derivations are attached to a base ending in a vowel. The segment /k/ could have the function of a hiatus filler here.
This topic is mainly based on Hoekstra (1998:104-105).
- Hoekstra, Jarich1998Fryske wurdfoarmingLjouwertFryske Akademy
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