Process and Paradigms in Word-Formation Morphology

by Amanda Pounder

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ISBN-13:	9783110168679
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	11/23/2000
Series:	Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , #131
Edition description:	Reprint 2011
Pages:	758
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	Preface	v
1.	Introduction	1
2.	Psycholinguistic research in morphology	5
2.1.	Introduction	5
2.2.	The lexicon	7
2.2.1.	The lemma (head word) and the lexical entry	8
2.2.2.	The status of affixes as lexical units	16
2.2.3.	Structure of the lexical entry	19
2.2.4.	Structure of the lexicon	21
2.3.	Morphological processes	23
2.3.1.	Analysis	23
2.3.2.	Synthesis	29
2.3.3.	Semantic analysis and synthesis	30
2.4.	Conclusion	33
3.	Formal concepts: model-building	35
3.1.	Introduction	35
3.2.	Elements of a model of the morphological component	35
3.2.1.	Introduction	35
3.2.2.	Morphology as a component of grammar	35
3.2.3.	Word-formation and the lexicon	44
3.2.4.	The morphological component	46
3.3.	Form and meaning relations in word-formation	50
3.3.1.	The separation of form and meaning	50
3.3.2.	Semiotics and word-formation	53
3.4.	Units of analysis in word-formation	57
3.4.1.	Lexical units	57
3.4.2.	Morphological units	60
3.4.3.	Formal representation of lexical and morphological units	64
3.5.	The morphological operation	65
3.5.1.	Base of the operation	65
3.5.2.	Nature of the morphological operation	66
3.5.3.	The significant of the operation: form rules	68
3.5.4.	The signifiant of the operation: semantic rules	74
3.5.5.	The signifiant of the operation: syntactic rules	76
3.5.6.	The significant of the operation: rule-mappings	77
3.5.7.	Constraints	79
3.6.	Summary	80
3.7.	The word-formation paradigm	82
3.7.1.	The existence of the word-formation paradigm	82
3.7.2.	The nature of the word-formation paradigm	84
3.7.3.	Modelling the word-formation paradigm	87
3.7.4.	Model of the word-formation paradigm	92
3.7.5.	Problems	93
3.7.6.	Paradigm structures in the process-and-paradigm model	95
3.8.	Conclusion	96
4.	The semantics of word-formation	97
4.1.	Introduction	97
4.2.	Word-formation meaning vs. lexical meaning	97
4.3.	Formal possibilities of representation for word-formation meanings	103
4.3.1.	Labelling	104
4.3.2.	The paraphrase	104
4.3.3.	Componential analysis	107
4.3.4.	Relations and functions as (an) expression of word-formation meanings	107
4.4.	Design of a system of word-formation functions	108
4.4.1.	List of word-formation functions	109
4.4.2.	Problems	122
4.4.3.	Inflectional meaning and derivational meaning	123
4.5.	Lexical relationships	124
4.5.1.	Lexical relationships between word-formations	124
4.5.2.	Word-formation meaning and paradigmatic relationships	124
4.5.3.	Lexical meaning and the paradigm	126
4.6.	Semantics in the lexical and word-formation paradigms	131
5.	Productivity and norm	133
5.1.	Introduction	133
5.2.	Productivity	133
5.2.1.	Notions of productivity	133
5.2.2.	Productivity and frequency	133
5.2.3.	Productivity and transparency	134
5.2.4.	Productivity and regularity	135
5.2.5.	Formal concepts of productivity	136
5.2.6.	Productivity and the word-formation paradigm	138
5.3.	Norm	139
5.3.1.	Generalities	139
5.3.2.	Norm I	140
5.3.3.	Norm II	142
5.3.4.	Relations between Norm I and Norm II	153
5.4.	Conclusion	153
6.	Historical investigation: sources and parameters	155
6.1.	Introduction	155
6.2.	Empirical investigation: goals and data sources	155
6.3.	Lexicographical sources	159
6.3.1.	Period I: Maaler (Maa)	159
6.3.2.	Period II: Stieler (Sti)	161
6.3.3.	Period II: Steinbach (Stb)	164
6.3.4.	Period III: Adelung (Ad)	166
6.3.5.	Additional lexicographical sources	171
6.4.	Prose text sources	171
6.5.	Presentation of results	173
6.6.	Hypotheses	175
7.	Systemic development of denominal adjective derivation in German: 16th - 19th centuries	177
7.1.	Period I: 16th-century German	177
7.1.1.	Word-formation processes in denominal adjective formation	177
7.1.2.	Rules and rule elements in the denominal adjective system	178
7.1.3.	Operations in the denominal adjective system	182
7.1.4.	Semantic organization of the denominal adjective paradigm	202
7.1.5.	The deadjectival adjective paradigm	208
7.1.6.	Lexico-semantic classes	213
7.2.	Period II: 17th- and 18th-century German	291
7.2.1.	Word-formation processes in denominal adjective formation	291
7.2.2.	Rules and rule elements in the denominal adjective system	293
7.2.3.	Operations in the denominal adjective system	296
7.2.4.	Semantic organization of the denominal adjective paradigm	329
7.2.5.	The deadjectival adjective paradigm	332
7.2.6.	Lexico-semantic classes	337
7.3.	Period III: late 18th--early 19th century German	471
7.3.1.	Word-formation processes in denominal adjective formation	471
7.3.2.	Rules and rule elements	473
7.3.3.	Operations in the denominal adjective system	475
7.3.4.	Semantic organization of the denominal adjective paradigm	506
7.3.5.	Deadjectival adjective formation in Ad	513
7.3.6.	Lexico-semantic classes in Ad	518
8.	Discussions and conclusions: word-formation morphology and the nature of change	627
8.1.	Paths of change: structural levels	627
8.1.1.	Word-formation processes in the denominal adjective domain	627
8.1.2.	Elements of form rules in the denominal adjective formation system	630
8.1.3.	Rules and operations	631
8.1.4.	The word-formation paradigm	641
8.1.5.	Lexical paradigms	647
8.1.6.	The deadjectival adjective	654
8.2.	Elaboration of formal concepts	655
8.2.1.	The word-formation rule and the word-formation operation	655
8.2.2.	The word-formation paradigm	658
8.2.3.	The lexico-semantic class	662
8.3.	Productivity	666
8.4.	Standardization	679
8.5.	Language change	687
8.6.	Conclusion	697
	Notes	699
	References	715
	Index	735

Editorial Reviews

"This book is an attempt both to apply a theoretical model of morphology to a historical problem and to use a historical problem to test a theoretical model." Thus the author characterizes her study of German word-formation. (The title could be more enlightening about the German focus.) By considering external factors in linguistic change, and with the aid of a computer database, Pounder develops a process-based model compatible with research in psycholinguistics. I.A. Mel'cuk is cited as an inspiration for this framework. Polyglot references date from the 18th century. Based on a 1987 Vienna thesis in German. From her acknowledgments, it is not clear whether the author is currently affiliated with the linguistics department at Memorial U. of Newfoundland or the humanities faculty at the U. of Calgary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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