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Derivational affixes and compound verbs, resources - kadena - 2015-12-20
I'm looking for lists or similar for derivational affixes and compound verbs (see below) in Japanese, either digital or non-digital, in English or Japanese. Preferably with good examples, usage notes etc (such as the difference in strict language between 前 mae/zen- "last previous ~" and 元 moto- "non-last previous ~", both often translated as "former, ex-").
Derivational affixes are what I'm mainly interested in because I haven't found anything really great for that.
For compound verbs I recently found the Compound Verb Lexicon by The National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, which seems really neat, but I haven't used it much yet and any other resources are of course very welcomed.
I'm aware that A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar has lists for both in the appendix (don't know about Basic and Advanced) but I'm a bit unsure about their completeness, especially regarding affixes, as it seems to lack even 元 (unless my eyes are bad).
Quote:Derivational affixes: Prefixes and suffixes that can be attached to words in order to create (derive) a new word, such as 前 and 元 above in 前/元カレ mae/moto-kare "ex-boyfriend" or 化 -ka "change towards, -ization" in グローバル化 guro-baru-ka "globalization".
Compound verbs: Verbs that can be attached to other verbs to add nuance, such as 込む komu "be deeply in" in 話し込む hanashikomu "be deeply in conversation".
RE: Derivational affixes and compound verbs, resources - pm215 - 2015-12-20
On the compound-verb front I have a copy of "A Handbook of Japanese Compound Verbs". This book covers 200 compound verbs in detail: about a page per verb with 4 or 5 examples of usage for each and some brief notes about nuances of meaning, differences from other verbs, etc. In an appendix it also has a pure word-list of 1157 compound verbs (including the 200 covered in the book proper).