Короткий опис(реферат):
This course paper is devoted to the analysis of Old English prefix morphemes and
their semantic variability. While many papers have been written in the past on the
subject of individual prefixes or their grammatical properties, the primary aim of this
research is to examine all prefixes from a semantic point of view. The aim of the research is to investigate the semantic properties of Old English
prefix morphemes, compare and contrast their productive capability and polysemy in
use. In order to achieve this aim, the following tasks of research will be performed:
- studying relevant scholastic works and papers;
- defining the notion of “prefix”, “native” and “borrowed” morphemes, and
other related terminology;
- investigating known prefix morphemes using relevant online dictionaries;
- constructing a table featuring the known prefix morphemes according to the
outlined criteria; - analysing the investigation results by relevant criteria of origin,
classification and meaning, arrangement of these results into tables;
- highlighting outliers among the analysed prefixes according to their special
semantic or combinatory properties;
- describing the etymology, semantic and combinatory properties of select
prefixes that best represent specific criteria.
