Cognitive perspectives on word formation
By: edited by Alexander Onysko, Sascha Michel
Series: Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs : -- 221
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9783110223590
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: unravelling the cognitive in word formation / Alexander Onysko and Sascha Michel; title: Part I. Theory and interfaces in word formation: Word-formation or word formation? The formation of complex words in cognitive linguistics / Martina Lampert and Günther Lampert; title: On the viability of cognitive morphology for explaining language change / Livio Gaeta; title: (Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: A Cognitive Grammar perspective / Gerhard B van Huyssteen; title: Between phonology and morphology / Hilke Elsen; title: The role of grammatical gender in noun-formation: A diachronic perspective from Norwegian / Philipp Conzett; title: Adjective + Noun constructions between syntax and word formation in Dutch and German / Matthias Hüning; title: Part II. Theory and processes of word formation: Setting limits on creativity in the production and use of metaphorical and metonymical compounds / Réka Benczes; title: Casting the conceptual spotlight: Hybrid compounding in German as an example of head-frame internal specifier selection / Alexander Onysko; title: Does love come from to love or to love from love? Why lexical motivation has to be regarded as bidirectional / Birgit Umbreit; title: Doubler-upper nouns: A challenge for usage-based models of language? / Bert Cappelle; title: The influence of morphological structure on the processing of German prefixed verbs / Judith Heide, Antje Lorenz, André Meinunger, and Frank Burchert; title: Harvesting and understanding on-line neologisms / Tony Veale and Cristina Butnariu; title: Subject Index; title: Contributors.