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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Polyfunctionality&#039;&#039;&#039; is the phenomenon that one [[affix]] is used with a number of different [[meaning]]s or [[grammatical function]]s.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> In [[Dutch]], the suffix -&#039;&#039;er&#039;&#039; is used to form <br /> # deverbal agent nouns (&#039;&#039;werker&#039;&#039; &#039;worker), <br /> # deverbal instrument nouns (&#039;&#039;wekker&#039;&#039; &#039;alarm clock&#039;), <br /> # geographical personal nouns (&#039;&#039;Amsterdammer&#039;&#039; &#039;person living in Amsterdam&#039;), <br /> # denominal personal nouns (&#039;&#039;rechter&#039;&#039; &#039;judge&#039;), and (e) deadjectival personal nouns (&#039;&#039;ouder&#039;&#039; &#039;parent&#039;).<br /> <br /> === Links ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Polyfunctionality&amp;lemmacode=412 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Moortgat, M. &amp;amp; H. van der Hulst 1984. &#039;&#039;Geïnterpreteerde morfologie,&#039;&#039; Glot 4, 179-214, .<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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