CLOSING SUFFIXES IN OLD ENGLISH: A STUDY BASED ON RECURSIVE AFFIXATION
This paper takes issue with the lexicon of Old English and, more specifically, with the existence of closing suffixes in word-formation.Closing suffixes are defined as base suffixes LIPSTICK BRIMMING BERRY that prevent further suffixation by word-forming suffixes (Aronoff & Furhop 2002: 455).This is tantamount to saying that this is a study in recu