Abstract:This study compares the productivity of word formation patterns involving the affixes -ung, -keit/-igkeit/-heit, -bar and ver-. The comparison is between non-native and native German writers, using the Chamisso corpus and a comparable corpus. The creative use of the German language in non-native literature, a literature of migrant authors who write in German as a foreign language, is widely considered the most prominent feature of this writing. According to critics, this creative use of language is related to … Show more
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