ABSTRACT

The formation of verbs utilises a limited number of suffixes. 1 Whereas noun and adjective suffixation involves an open inventory of suffixes, subject to expansion and discarding as new elements are introduced and others relegated, the verb-forming morphemes are limited, well defined, and operate in this particular function and not across categories: https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203388426/996121af-befc-4cca-979d-a78a331bb634/content/fig00408_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>