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Semantics of Complex Words
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.
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Semantics of Complex Words
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.
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Semantics of Complex Words

Semantics of Complex Words

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319381527
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 03/17/2016
Series: Studies in Morphology , #3
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Pages: 319
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Semantics, Concepts, and Meta-Cognition: Attributing Properties and Meanings to Complex Concepts.- The Interface of Semantic Interpretation and Inflectional Realization.- The Role of Second Order Schemas in the Construction of Complex Words.- Sense Inheritance in English Word-Formation.- Word-Formation Strategies: Semantic Transparency vs. Formal Economy.- Lexeme Formation in a Conscious Approach to The Lexicon.- Remarks on Tautology in Word-Formation.- Form and Meaning of Bahuvrihi Compounds: Evidence from Modern Greek and its Dialects.- Transpositions and the Limits of Word Formation.- Structural Sensitivity as an Argument for Underspecification.- Stacking as a Reflex and Indicator of (Proto-)Typical Selectional Restrictions.- Thoughts on Morphology and Cultural Evolution.- Predicting the Semantics of English Nominalizations: A Frame-Based Analysis of -ment Suffixation.
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