Extra-grammatical morphology in English
Subtitle: abbreviations, blends, reduplicatives, and related phenomena
By: by Elisa Mattiello
Series: Topics in English linguistics -- 82
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton; de Gruyter Mouton; Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9783110293869; 9783110295399
Subjects: English language; Morphology; Word formation; Reduplication; Suffixes and prefixes; Comparative and general Grammar
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Data;; title: Lexical status of items ;; title: Key references ;; title: Organisation of the work --; title: The theoretical framework.; title: Extra-grammatical formations in generative morphology ;; title: Extra-grammatical formations in naturalness theory;; title: Natural morphology;; title: Natural phonology ;; title: Extra-grammatical morphology;; title: Extra-grammatical vs. expressive morphology;; title: Extra-grammatical vs. marginal morphology;; title: Extra-grammatical vs. grammatical morphology;; title: Grammaticality and regularity of extra-grammatical morphology;; title: Extra-grammaticality and language change;; title: Fundamental notions;; title: Definition and properties of extra-grammatical morphology --; title: Abbreviations.; title: Definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition of clipping;; title: Delimitation : clipping vs. other processes;; title: Classification and structure of clippings;; title: Definition of acronyms and initialisms;; title: Delimitation : acronyms and initialisms vs. other processes;; title: Classification of acronyms and initialisms;; title: Acronyms and initialisms : further remarks ;; title: Abbreviations as extra-grammatical phenomena;; title: Irregularities in abbreviations;; title: Regularities in abbreviations;; title: Predictability in abbreviations;; title: Criteria of well-formedness --; title: Blends.; title: Definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition and main features;; title: Delimitation : Blending vs. other processes;; title: Classification and structure of blends;; title: Blends : further remarks ;; title: Blending as an extra-grammatical phenomenon;; title: Irregularities in blends;; title: Regularities in blends;; title: Predictability in blends;; title: Criteria of well-formedness --; title: Reduplicatives.; title: Definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition;; title: Delimitation : reduplication vs. other processes;; title: Classification and structure of reduplicatives ;; title: Reduplication as an extra-grammatical phenomenon;; title: Irregularities in reduplicatives;; title: Regularities in reduplicatives;; title: Predictability in reduplicatives;; title: Criteria of well-formedness --; title: Minor phenomena.; title: Back-formation : definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition;; title: Delimitation : back-formation vs. other processes;; title: Classification and structure of back-formed words ;; title: Back-formation as an extra-grammatical phenomenon;; title: Irregularities in back-formation;; title: Regularities in back-formation;; title: Predictability in back-formation;; title: Criteria of well-formedness ;; title: Infixation : definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition;; title: Delimitation : infixation vs. other processes;; title: Classification of infixes ;; title: Infixation as an extra-grammatical phenomenon;; title: Irregularities in infixation;; title: Regularities in infixation;; title: Predictability in infixation;; title: Criteria of well-formedness ;; title: Phonaesthemes : definition, delimitation, and classification;; title: Definition;; title: Delimitation : Phonaesthemes vs. other morpho(no)logical concepts;; title: Classification of phonaesthemes ;; title: Phonaesthemes as an extra-grammatical phenomenon;; title: Irregularities in phonaesthemes;; title: Criteria for identification --; title: Extra-grammatical formations in use.; title: Principles of contextual suitability ;; title: Typical contexts and domains ;; title: Contextualising extra-grammatical phenomena;; title: Clippings;; title: Acronyms and initialisms;; title: Blends;; title: Reduplicatives;; title: Back-formation, infixation, and phonaesthemes --; title: Conclusions ---- Notes-- References.-- Sources for data-- Lexical index-- Subject index.