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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bagasheva, Aleksandra, editor.

Nagano, Akiko, editor.

Renner, Vincent, editor.

Series:

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 0166-0829 284

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morphology.

Syntax.

Theoretical linguistics.

Local Subjects:

Morphology.

Syntax.

Theoretical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 352 pages )

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024

Summary:

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. Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Towards a competition-based word-formation theory / Akiko Nagano, Alexandra Bagasheva and Vincent Renner

Chapter 2. A lexicalist approach to affixal rivalry and its explanatory basis / Akiko Nagano

Chapter 3. Actional nominalization in Present-Day English in the light of the Referenced Index of Competition / Jesús Fernández-Domínguez

Chapter 4. Measuring affix rivalry as a gradient relationship / Justine Salvadori, Rossella Varvara and Richard Huyghe

Chapter 5. Exploring linguistic competition in English derivatives ending in ‑ ie and ‑ o through a cognitive-onomasiological approach / Elizaveta Tarasova and José A. Sánchez Fajardo

Chapter 6. Diminutive formation in Modern Greek / Angeliki Efthymiou

Chapter 7. Competition between affixation and conversion in Present-Day English denominal verbs / Chloé Debouzie

Chapter 8. A diachronic perspective on competition in denominal verb formation in Italian / Claudio Iacobini and Maria Pina De Rosa

Chapter 9. Competition of lexicon vs. pragmatics in word formation / Kazuhiko Fukushima

Chapter 10. [N1 + N2], [N + A], and [N1 + de + N2] / Kentaro Koga

Chapter 11. Revisiting Poser's (1992) "Blocking of phrasal constructions by lexical items" from the perspective of the economy of language use principle / Ichiro Yuhara

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Hardbound version:

ISBN:

9789027246936

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.