Cognitive Perspectives on Word Formation

by Alexander Onysko (Editor), Sascha Michel (Editor)

Overview

This volume is the first one to illuminate diverse aspects of word formation from cognitive perspectives. Guided by methodological pluralism, the contributions shed light on a variety of issues in word formation theory and on the interfaces between word formation and phraseology, phonology, and inflection. The majority of the studies focuses on individual types of word formation, reframing our understanding of these processes. Overall, the various contributions add to a yet marginal body of research in cognitive word formation and advance our awareness about the benefits of applying cognitive linguistic thoughts for investigating processes of lexical creation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110223606
Publisher:	De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date:	03/26/2010
Series:	Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	431
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Alexander Onysko, Universität Innsbruck, Austria; Sascha Michel, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction: Unravelling the cognitive in word formation Alexander Onysko Sascha Michel 1

Part I Theory and interfaces in word formation

Word-formation or word formation? The formation of complex words in Cognitive Linguistics Martina Lampert Günther Lampert 29

On the viability of cognitive morphology for explaining language change Livio Gaeta 75

(Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: A Cognitive Grammar perspective Gerhard B van Huyssteen 97

Between phonology and morphology Hilke Elsen 127

The role of grammatical gender in noun-formation: A diachronic perspective from Norwegian Philipp Conzett 147

Adjective + Noun constructions between syntax and word formation in Dutch and German Matthias Hüning 195

Part II Theory and processes of word formation

Setting limits on creativity in the production and use of metaphorical and metonymical compounds Réka Benczes 219

Casting the conceptual spotlight: Hybrid compounding in German as an example of head-frame internal specifier selection Alexander Onysko 243

Does love come from to love or to love from love? Why lexical motivation has to be regarded as bidirectional Birgit Umbreit 301

Doubler-upper nouns: A challenge for usage-based models of language? Bert Cappelle 335

The influence of morphological structure on the processing of German prefixed verbs Judith Heide Antje Lorenz André Meinunger Frank Burchert 375

Harvesting and understanding on-line neologisms Tony Veale Cristina Butnariu 399

Subject Index 421

Contributors 429