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Morphology and Lexical Semantics.
Title:
Morphology and Lexical Semantics.
Author:
Lieber, Rochelle.
ISBN:
9780511211164
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Linguistics ; v.104

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Features -- 1.1 The problem: the meaning of -er and -ee -- 1.2 The features [material] and [dynamic] -- 1.2.1 Major ontological classes -- 1.2.2 Inferable Eventual Position or State -- 1.2.3 A brief digression on the semantic body -- 1.3 Towards a solution -- 1.4 Wider implications: the paradigmatic nature of affixal semantics -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Co-indexation -- 2.1 Co-indexation and compounding in English -- 2.1.1 Root compounds -- 2.1.2 Synthetic compounds -- 2.1.3 Root interpretation of synthetic compounds -- 2.2 Co-indexation in derivation -- 2.3 Sentience, volitionality, and the semantic body -- 2.4 Rogue cases: -er and paradigmatic extension -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 The semantics of verb formation -- 3.1 Verbal derivation -- 3.1.1 Data -- 3.1.2 Past analyses -- 3.1.3 "-ize," "-ify": core cases -- 3.1.4 Non-core cases: performatives and similatives -- 3.1.5 Summary -- 3.2 Conversion and the creation of new verbs -- 3.3 Paradigmatic extension and the case of -ize -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Extending the system - location -- 4.1 Time/space features -- 4.2 Location in derivation -- 4.2.1 Privative affixes -- 4.2.2 Negative affixes -- 4.2.2.1 [-Loc] on verbal bases -- 4.2.2.2 [-Loc] on adjectival bases -- 4.2.2.3 [-Loc] on nominal bases -- 4.2.2.4 Summary -- 4.2.3 Prepositional affixes -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 5 Extending the system - quantity -- 5.1 Quantity features -- 5.2 Comparison to Jackendoff (1991, 1996) -- 5.3 More on telicity -- 5.4 Quantity and affixes -- 5.4.1 The prefix "re-" -- 5.4.2 The suffixes "-ery" and "-age" -- 5.4.3 A word about inflection -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Combinability and the correspondence between form and meaning -- 6.1 Semantic restrictions on affixation -- 6.1.1 Non-semantic approaches to affix ordering.

6.1.2 Specific semantic constraints -- 6.1.3 Derivational redundancy -- 6.1.4 Summary -- 6.1.5 Addendum: redeeming a promissory note -- 6.2 Cumulativity and recursivity: when do complex words cease to be useful? -- 6.3 Mismatches -- 6.3.1 Empty morphs -- 6.3.2 Semantic subtraction -- 6.4 Conclusion -- 7 Looking back, looking forward -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Rochelle Lieber discusses the lexical semantics of word formation in a systematic way, allowing the reader to explore the nature of affixal polysemy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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