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Stabler - Lx 185/209 2003
(5) In sum, to a significant extent, morphology and syntax are sensitive to the same category distinctions.
Some derivational suffixes can combine only to roots (Fabb, 1988):
-an -ian changes N to N librari-an, Darwin-ian
changes N to A reptil-ian
-age changes V to N steer-age
changes N to N orphan-age
-al changes V to N betray-al
-ant changes V to N defend-ant
changes V to A defi-ant
-ance changes V to N annoy-ance
-ate changes N to V origin-ate
-ed changes N to A money-ed
-ful changes N to A peace-ful
changes V to A forget-ful
-hood changes N to N neighbor-hood
-ify changes N to V class-ify
changes A to V intens-ify
-ish changes N to A boy-ish
-ism changes N to N Reagan-ism
-ist changes N to N art-ist
-ive changes V to A restrict-ive
-ize changes N to V symbol-ize
-ly changes A to A dead-ly
-ly changes N to A ghost-ly
-ment changes V to N establish-ment
-ory changes V to A advis-ory
-ous changes N to A spac-eous
-y changes A to N honest-y
-y changes V to N assembl-y
-y changes N to N robber-y
-y changes N to A snow-y, ic-y, wit-ty, slim-y
Some suffixes can combine with a root, or a root+affix
-ary changes N-ion to N revolut-ion-ary
-ary changes N-ion to A revolut-ion-ary, legend-ary
-er changes N-ion to N vacat-ion-er, prison-er
-ic changes N-ist to A modern-ist-ic, metall-ic
-(at)ory changes V-ify to A class-ifi-catory, advis-ory
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