Townsend

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Townsend

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• Verbal prefixes and suffixes

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Prefixes

• Are there really pairs?
• How do these correspond to the terms we have been
  using?
• Aspectual prefixes
• But are they merely aspectual? Is there selection
  random?
• Sublexical prefixes
• Lexical prefixes
• Prefixes of excess

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Q What is a factitive verb?
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Q What is a factitive verb?

• A It is a verb derived from an adjective,
  usually by means of a ?- suffix, with prefixes
  usually ?(?)-, ?- and less frequently ??-, ??-

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Q What semantic profile do verbs with these
suffixes have?

• -??-
• -?????-