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Polyfunctionality is the phenomenon that one affix is used with a number of different meanings or grammatical functions.
Example
In Dutch, the suffix -er is used to form
- deverbal agent nouns (werker 'worker),
- deverbal instrument nouns (wekker 'alarm clock'),
- geographical personal nouns (Amsterdammer 'person living in Amsterdam'),
- denominal personal nouns (rechter 'judge'), and (e) deadjectival personal nouns (ouder 'parent').
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Moortgat, M. & H. van der Hulst 1984. Geïnterpreteerde morfologie, Glot 4, 179-214, .