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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963173203321

Autore

Štekauer Pavol

Titolo

An onomasiological theory of English word-formation / / Pavol Štekauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1998

ISBN

9786613234148

90-272-8226-9

1-283-23414-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Studies in functional and structural linguistics, , 0165-7712 ; ; v. 46

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Word formation

Onomastics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 An Onomasiological Theory of Word-Formation; Chapter 2 The Place of the Word-Formation Component; Chapter 3 Productivity; Chapter 4 Applications; Conclusions; Notes; References; Subject Index; Name index

Sommario/riassunto

Pavol  Štekauer presents an original approach to the intricate problems of English word-formation. The emphasis is on the process of coining new naming units (words). This is described by an onomasiological model, which takes as its point of departure the naming needs of a speech community, and proceeds through conceptual reflection of extra-linguistic reality and semantic analysis to the form of a new naming unit. As a result, it is the form which implements options given by semantics by means of the so-called Form-to-Meaning Assignment Principle.Word-formation is conceived of as an ind