Statistical Study of English Word Formation
F. W. Harwood, Alison Mary Wright · Language · 1956
[A quantitative study of English word formation based on the data of the Thorndike-Lorge frequency list. Results cover (a) dimensions of the word-forming mechanisms of modern English, (b) measures of the relations between the major suffixes and word classes, and (c) the main equivalences symbolized by the major suffixes.]