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Author : Francis Horace Teall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : English language
ISBN : NYPL:33433082312285
Author : Réka Benczes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027223734
Metaphorical and metonymical compounds novel and lexicalised ones alike are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as land fishing in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not been previously familiar with the compound? Accordingly, this book sets out to explore whether the semantics of metaphorical and metonymical nounnoun combinations can be systematically analysed within a theoretical framework, where systematicity pertains to regularities in both the cognitive processes and the products of these processes, that is, the compounds themselves. Backed up by recent psycholinguistic evidence, the book convincingly demonstrates that such compounds are not semantically opaque as it has been formerly claimed: they can in fact be analysed and accounted for within a cognitive linguistic framework, by the combined application of metaphor, metonymy, blending, profile determinacy and schema theory; and represent the creative and associative word formation processes that we regularly apply in everyday language.
Author : F. Horace Teall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015013773950
Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108416030
This controversial new book addresses the linguistic problems around compounds: words which sit on the borderline of syntax and morphology.
Author : Alice Morton Ball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015012881440
Author : Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108187275
Anyone writing texts in English is constantly faced with the unavoidable question whether to use open spelling (drinking fountain), hyphenation (far-off) or solid spelling (airport) for individual compounds. While some compounds commonly occur with alternative spellings, others show a very clear bias for one form. This book tests over 60 hypotheses and explores the patterns underlying the spelling of English compounds from a variety of perspectives. Based on a sample of 600 biconstituent compounds with identical spelling in all reference works in which they occur (200 each with open, hyphenated and solid spelling), this empirical study analyses large amounts of data from corpora and dictionaries and concludes that the spelling of English compounds is not chaotic but actually correlates with a large number of statistically significant variables. An easily applicable decision tree is derived from the data and an innovative multi-dimensional prototype model is suggested to account for the results.
Author : Pavol Štekauer,Rochelle Lieber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402035968
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 : Eveline Podgorski
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640230600
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Paderborn, course: Words in the Mind, 10 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When analysing the internal processes in a human's mind in order to figure out how the processes of word-storage, word-production, and word-retrieving work, one of the features to be investigated is the act of word-formation. Next to the affixation and conversion, the creation of new words by combining two already existing words takes place in the human's mind - a process called "compounding". This paper deals with the act of compounding, the way new words are created by combination, its development in Old, Middle and Early Modern English, different features of standard compounds, and of other types of compounding. First of all, a brief introduction of the process of word-formation that has taken place in the English language over the last centuries, including Old English, Middle English and the Early Modern English will be given. This is followed by an overview of the general features of compounds themselves, including their structure, and a closer insight into nominal, adjectival, verbal and synthetic compounds. In chapter four, different types of compounding, like the neoclassical, the copulative and the exocentric compounds, which are somewhat exceptions to the normal compounds examined in chapter three, will be analysed and discussed regarding the standard compound structure. Concluding remarks will close this paper in chapter five.
Author : Sonja Kaupp
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640286010
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Freiburg (Englisches Seminar), course: Contrastive Linguistics, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: When German native speakers converse with English native speakers, they are often astonished how easily and spontaneously new words can be created in English. At the same time, English speakers are astonished by the number of lengthy compounds the German use in written language. But still, most word formation processes are very similar in both languages - both English and German even share some affixes, for example be- in be-friend or be-zahlen or -er in sing-er or Säng-er. I want to investigate the differences and similarities concerning the major word formation processes in English and German (compounding, derivational suffixation and conversion). Firstly, I will provide an appropriate background by looking at contrasts in the lexicon and will also touch on some diachronic explanations. Then I will explain the different units of words. Ultimately, I want to get an insight into a very recent phenomenon, namely the adding of German affixes to English words in German word formation - the so-called 'Denglisch'.
Author : Kate Woodford,Guy Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1550 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521824230
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
Author : Jesús Fernández Domínguez
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039118080
This book is a contribution to the study of morphological productivity, that is, the property of word-formation processes whereby new words are created to satisfy a naming need. It presents an up-to-date picture of this phenomenon, characterising its major attributes and addressing neighbouring theoretical concepts like availability, profitability or lexicalisation. Links are also established between those notions and N+N compounding, a word-formation process regarded as very productive but traditionally overlooked in studies of this type. Unlike other productivity surveys, mostly directed at affixation, a corpus of N+N compounds is here compiled to which the mainstream models of productivity are applied. This allows to detect the pros and cons of those proposals and to propose a model of productivity. Two measures, Indicator of Profitability (π) and Trend of Profitability (Π), are introduced which can be applied across word-formation processes and are able to compute their productivity based on semantic categories.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9783638618571
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The drumper went on drumping until the drumperism lets him get drumpish.Every time we can form new words with the help of word formation processes. There are many different processes which lead to many different new words. But how can we form such new words? The sentenceThe drumper went on drumping until the drumperism lets him get drumpishconsists of four new or unknown words. I formed these words with the help of a very productive word formation process, called 'derivation'. But what does 'productive' actually mean? Productive in the content of word formation processes means that these processes are responsible for the large part of neologisms (Kortmann 1999: 58). Productive may be also described as “a pattern, meaning that when occasion demands, the pattern may be used as a model for new items.” (Adams 1973: 197). Some processes are more productive than others. This research paper deals with the most productive word formation processes of the English language, namely 'derivation', which includes 'prefixation', 'suffixation' and 'infixation', 'compounding' and 'conversion'. The word formation process 'back formation' is regarded as a borderline case, i.e. it can be counted as a member of the most productive word formation processes or as a member of the so called secondary word formation processes (Schmid 2005: 87). Because of the relation between compounding, especially compound verbs, and back formation I will treat the process in this research paper too. After an introduction of some basic morphological terms as well as a definition of the term 'word formation' I will present the different stages a new formed word has to pass until it can be regarded as a member of the vocabulary because not every new formed word will become established. Afterwards, in the main part of this research paper, I will present these most productive word formation processes named above and give suitable examples in each case. Finally the term 'blocking' will be introduced, i.e. there are some words which just cannot be formed because there is already another word which carries the appropriate meaning and thus 'blocks' the new word (Schmid 2005: 117). In the conclusion I will give an outlook for the secondary word formation processes and a review of words which are included in the dictionary newly.
Author : Alice Morton Ball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258109336
With A Rational System For General Use And A Comprehensive Alphabetic List Of Compound Words.
Author : F. Horace Teall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1333783973
Excerpt from English Compound Words and Phrases: A Reference List, With Statement of Principles and Rules The original list of which this is a revision was made for guidance in the preparation of the Standard Dictionary, and adopted after many competent critics had expressed their approval of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Francis Horace Teall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HW1ZWU