Heterogeneity In Word Formation Patterns

Author : Susanne Mühleisen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027288387

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Heterogeneity in Word-Formation Patterns by Susanne Mühleisen Pdf

Postulated word-formation rules often exclude formations that can nevertheless be found in actual usage. This book presents an in-depth investigation of a highly heterogeneous word-formation pattern in English: the formation of nouns by suffixation with -ee. Rather than relying on a single semantic or syntactic framework for analysis, the study combines diachronic, cognitive and language-contact perspectives in order to explain the diversity in the formation and establishment of -ee words. It also seeks to challenge previous measurements of productivity and proposes a new way to investigate the relationship between actual and possible words. By making use of the largest and most up-to-date electronic corpus – the World Wide Web – as a data source, this research adds substantially to the number of attested -ee words. It furthermore analyses this word-formation pattern in different varieties of English (British vs. American English; Australian English). Due to the multiplicity of approaches and analyses it offers, the study is suitable for courses in English word-formation, lexicology, corpus linguistics and historical linguistics.

Author : Susanne Muehleisen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027205858

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Heterogeneity in Word-formation Patterns by Susanne Muehleisen Pdf

Postulated word-formation rules often exclude formations that can nevertheless be found in actual usage. This book presents an in-depth investigation of a highly heterogeneous word-formation pattern in English: the formation of nouns by suffixation with "-ee." Rather than relying on a single semantic or syntactic framework for analysis, the study combines diachronic, cognitive and language-contact perspectives in order to explain the diversity in the formation and establishment of "-ee" words. It also seeks to challenge previous measurements of productivity and proposes a new way to investigate the relationship between actual and possible words. By making use of the largest and most up-to-date electronic corpus the World Wide Web as a data source, this research adds substantially to the number of attested "-ee" words. It furthermore analyses this word-formation pattern in different varieties of English (British vs. American English; Australian English). Due to the multiplicity of approaches and analyses it offers, the study is suitable for courses in English word-formation, lexicology, corpus linguistics and historical linguistics."

Author : Pavol Štekauer,Rochelle Lieber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1402035977

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Handbook of Word-Formation by Pavol Štekauer,Rochelle Lieber Pdf

This is the most comprehensive book to date on word formation in terms of scope of topics, schools and theoretical positions. All contributions were written by the leading scholars in their respective areas.

Author : Peter O. Müller
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110246278

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Word-Formation by Peter O. Müller Pdf

This handbook comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. The five volumes contain 207 articles written by leading international scholars. The XVI chapters of the handbook provide the reader, in both general articles and individual studies, with a wide variety of perspectives: word-formation as a linguistic discipline (history of science, theoretical concepts), units and processes in word-formation, rules and restrictions, semantics and pragmatics, foreign word-formation, language planning and purism, historical word-formation, word-formation in language acquisition and aphasia, word-formation and language use, tools in word-formation research. The final chapter comprises 74 portraits of word-formation in the individual languages of Europe and offers an innovative perspective. These portraits afford the first overview of this kind and will prove useful for future typological research. This handbook will provide an essential reference for both advanced students and researchers in word-formation and related fields within linguistics.

Author : Alexandra Bagasheva,Akiko Nagano,Vincent Renner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027246936

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Competition in Word-Formation by Alexandra Bagasheva,Akiko Nagano,Vincent Renner Pdf

This volume focuses on a number of interrelated issues in the theorizing and interpretation of morphological rivalry, including the differences between a semasiological and an onomasiological approach to competition phenomena in word-formation, the scope of such phenomena (micro-level rivalry between individual affixes, as well as macro-level competition between different processes), the different sources of competition, and the possible resolutions of competitive situations. An overview of existing research in the field is provided, as well as new, cutting-edge findings and proposals for analytical innovation. Linguistic data are drawn from European and Asian languages, and morphologists, semanticists, and anyone interested in the dynamics of language will be stimulated by the analytical models and explanations offered in the 11 chapters.

Author : Ingo Plag
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107172098

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Word-Formation in English by Ingo Plag Pdf

The book enables students with little prior knowledge of linguistics to engage in their own analyses of complex words.

Author : Pius ten Hacken
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474448215

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Interaction of Borrowing and Word Formation by Pius ten Hacken Pdf

Drawing on detailed case studies across a range of languages, including English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Russian, Lithuanian and Greek, this book examines the different factors that determine the outcome of the interaction between borrowing and word formation. Historically, borrowing has largely been studied from etymological and lexicographical perspectives and word formation has been included in morphology. However, this book focuses on their mutual influence and interaction. Bringing together a range of contributors, each chapter illustrates how borrowing and word formation are in competition as alternative naming processes, while also showing how they can influence each other. The case studies are framed by an introduction that describes the general background and a conclusion that summarises the main findings.

Author : Pius ten Hacken
Publisher : Springer
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030180096

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Word Formation in Parallel Architecture by Pius ten Hacken Pdf

This book aims to reconcile the generative considerations of Jackendoff’s Parallel Architecture (PA) with the European structuralist approach to naming. It shows that there are good reasons to single out word formation as a separate component in PA. It demonstrates that it is a drawback not to distinguish word formation, and explains that the function of word formation rules is different from the function of the lexicon and rules of grammar. After making the argument for a separate word formation component, the book sets out to determine which types of rule qualify as part of this component. Traditionally, the boundaries of word formation with inflection and with syntax have been a matter of debate. By focusing on the naming function, the book poses a guiding principle for determining which rules should be in the word formation component. The position of morphology in the architecture of grammar has always been an issue of debate in generative linguistics. Since Chomsky (1970), this question has been framed in terms of the Lexicalist Hypothesis. Compared to Chomsky’s architectures, Jackendoff’s Parallel Architecture places phonetic and conceptual structures at the same level as syntactic structure, i.e. connected by bidirectional linking rules rather than interpretation rules. One of the consequences is that PA does not formally distinguish lexicon entries from rules of grammar. This changes the setting for the question of the autonomy of morphology, because the Lexicalist Hypothesis depends on this distinction.

Author : Elisa Mattiello
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110551419

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Analogy in Word-formation by Elisa Mattiello Pdf

This book fills a gap in lexical morphology, especially with reference to analogy in English word-formation. Many studies have focused their interest on the role played by analogy within English inflectional morphology. However, the analogical mechanism also deserves investigation on account of its relevance to neology in English. This volume provides in-depth qualitative analyses and stimulating quantitative findings in this realm.

Author : Anne Schröder
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : English language
ISBN : 9783823365877

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On the Productivity of Verbal Prefixation in English by Anne Schröder Pdf

Author : Laurie Bauer,Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319141022

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Semantics of Complex Words by Laurie Bauer,Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer Pdf

This volume offers a valuable overview of recent research into the semantic aspects of complex words through different theoretical frameworks. Contributions by experts in the field, both morphologists and psycholinguists, identify crucial areas of research, present alternative and complementary approaches to their examination from the current level of knowledge, and indicate perspectives of research into the semantics of complex words by raising important questions that need to be investigated in order to get a more comprehensive picture of the field. Recent decades have seen both extensive and intensive development of various theories of word-formation, however, the semantic aspects of complex words have, with a few notable exceptions, been rather neglected. This volume fills that gap by offering articles written by leading experts in the field from various theoretical backgrounds.

Author : Sarah Buschfeld,Thomas Hoffmann,Magnus Huber,Alexander Kautzsch
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269416

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The Evolution of Englishes by Sarah Buschfeld,Thomas Hoffmann,Magnus Huber,Alexander Kautzsch Pdf

This two-part volume provides a collection of 27 linguistic studies and contributions that shed light on the evolution of different Englishes world-wide (varieties, learner Englishes, dialects, creoles) from a broad spectrum of different perspectives, including both synchronic and diachronic approaches. What makes the volume unique is that it is the first-ever contribution to the field which includes a section exclusively commited towards testing, discussing and refining Schneider’s (2007) Dynamic Model against recent realities of English world-wide (Part 1). These realities include a wide variety of case studies ranging from regions (socio)linguistically as diverse as South Africa, the Phillipines, Cyprus or Germany. Part 2 goes beyond the Dynamic Model and offers both empirical and theoretical perspectives on the evolution of World Englishes. In doing so, it provides contributions with a theoretical focus on the topic as well as cross-varietal accounts; it sheds light on individual Englishes from different geographical regions and offers new perspectives on “old” varieties.

Author : Alexander Bergs,Laurel Brinton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110522914

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Early Modern English by Alexander Bergs,Laurel Brinton Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Early Modern English, organized by linguistic level. In seventeen individual chapters, written by recognized experts in the field, this volume not only presents detailed outlines of the traditional language levels, such as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. It also explores key questions and debates, such as do-periphrasis, the Great Vowel Shift, pronouns and relativization, literary language (including the language of Shakespeare), and sociolinguistics, including contact and standardization.

Author : Rochelle Lieber,Pavol Stekauer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191651786

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The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology by Rochelle Lieber,Pavol Stekauer Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology is intended as a companion volume to The Oxford Handbook of Compounding (OUP 2009) Written by distinguished scholars, its 41 chapters aim to provide a comprehensive and thorough overview of the study of derivational morphology. The handbook begins with an overview and a consideration of definitional matters, distinguishing derivation from inflection on the one hand and compounding on the other. From a formal perspective, the handbook treats affixation (prefixation, suffixation, infixation, circumfixation, etc.), conversion, reduplication, root and pattern and other templatic processes, as well as prosodic and subtractive means of forming new words. From a semantic perspective, it looks at the processes that form various types of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs, as well as evaluatives and the rarer processes that form function words. The book also surveys derivation in fifteen language families that are widely dispersed in terms of both geographical location and typological characteristics.

Author : Vito Pirrelli,Ingo Plag,Wolfgang U. Dressler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110432442

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Word Knowledge and Word Usage by Vito Pirrelli,Ingo Plag,Wolfgang U. Dressler Pdf

Word storage and processing define a multi-factorial domain of scientific inquiry whose thorough investigation goes well beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplinary taxonomies, to require synergic integration of a wide range of methods, techniques and empirical and experimental findings. The present book intends to approach a few central issues concerning the organization, structure and functioning of the Mental Lexicon, by asking domain experts to look at common, central topics from complementary standpoints, and discuss the advantages of developing converging perspectives. The book will explore the connections between computational and algorithmic models of the mental lexicon, word frequency distributions and information theoretical measures of word families, statistical correlations across psycho-linguistic and cognitive evidence, principles of machine learning and integrative brain models of word storage and processing. Main goal of the book will be to map out the landscape of future research in this area, to foster the development of interdisciplinary curricula and help single-domain specialists understand and address issues and questions as they are raised in other disciplines.