Getting ready to leave for #iclc16 in Düsseldorf, here a small teaser for my talk on Tuesday 14:45 on the #affix rivalry between -ity and -ness in #English:
Why to some adjectives take -ity (insular -> insularity), while others take -ness (red -> redness)? Many factors have been considered, I use #distributionalSemantics to explore the role of the adjective's meaning. Mapping the vectors on a two dimensional space with t-SNE, a dimensionality reduction technique, the resulting visualization shows that adjective meaning might indeed be a highly relevant factor. For example, even for adjectives with the same ending -ive, the bases of those taking -ity (e.g. narrativity) and those taking -ness (distinctiveness) fall into two clear clusters.
Looking forward to seeing some of you there :)
#wordformation

Explosive ist Geschichte! Volcanic kommt zurück!
Der unter vielen WoW Spielern verhasste Mythic+ Affix "Explosive" ist offenbar Geschichte, wie Blizzard nun verkündete wird es den Affix ab Season 2 von Dragonflight nicht mehr geben, dafür kommt aber der zuvor bereits abgeschaffte "Volcanic" Affix wieder zurück. Zuletzt war der "Explosive" Affix mehrfach angepasst worden, und das meist
https://badango.eu/explosive-gone/
#WorldofWarcraft #Affix #Explosive #Raging #Shielding #Volcanic #WoW

Also, as you can see, I am still interested in the #affix "-ness", and because the #BNC does not contain the plural form "oddnesses", here instead a rather nice example for its use from Ford's **Some do not ...**: "It was an odd friendship, but the oddnesses of friendships are a frequent guarantee of their lasting texture."
#English #morphology #ness