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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Blocking''' is a process assumed in Aronoff (1976) by which the existence of one word, which is listed in the mental dictionary, prevents the application of an unproductive word formation rule, if that application would give rise to a complex word having the same semantics as the already existing word. <br /> <br /> ===Examples===<br /> The English [[suffix]]es ''-ity'' and ''-ness'' are very similar, the difference being that the former is unproductive and the latter productive. Both can be added to [[adjective]]s ending in ''-ous'' (''curious'': ''curiosity'': ''curiousness''). However, if there already exists a [[noun]] corresponding to the adjective in ''-ous'' as in the case of ''glorious'': ''glory'', ''gracious'': ''grace'', ''furious'': ''fury'' etc., -''ity'' [[affixation]], but not -''ness'' affixation, is disallowed: ''*gloriosity'': ''gloriousness'', ''*graciosity'': ''graciousness'', and ''*furiosity'': ''furiousness''.<br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Blocking&amp;lemmacode=836 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] <br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Aronoff, M. 1976. ''Word Formation in Generative Grammar.'' Cambridge, Mass: MIT-press.<br /> *Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory.'' Oxford: Blackwell.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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