Meaning predictability in word formation : novel, context-free naming units / / Pavol Stekauer

• Autore: Stekauer Pavol
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxii, 288 p
• Disciplina: 401/.43
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Word formation; Semantics; Onomasiology
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Meaning Predictability in Word Formation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Literature survey -- 1.1. General -- 1.2. The morphological tradition -- 1.2.1. Lees -- 1.2.2. Levi -- 1.2.3. Van Lint -- 1.2.4. Zimmer -- 1.2.5. Downing -- 1.2.6. Allen -- 1.3. Basic psycholinguistic models -- 1.3.1. Slot-filling models -- 1.3.2. Relation models -- 1.3.3. Analogy-based models -- 1.3.4. Combined and other models -- 1.3.5. Non-compound interpretation models -- 1.4. Summary -- 2. General word formation framework -- 2.1. An onomasiological model of word formation -- 2.2. Onomasiological Types -- 3. A theory of predictability -- 3.1. Why context-free meaning predictability? -- 3.2. Predictability - lexical meaning - conceptualisation - extra-linguistic knowledge -- 3.3. Predictability and the native/non-native speaker factor -- 3.4. Predictability and seme level -- 3.5. The meaning-prediction process -- 3.5.1. Predictability and the Onomasiological Type -- 3.6. Onomasiological Structure Rules -- 3.7. Predictability and productivity -- 3.8. Predictability and typicality -- 3.9. Predictability Rate -- 3.10. Objectified Predictability Rate -- 3.11. Hypotheses -- 4. The Experiments -- 4.1. Method -- 4.2. Experiment 1 -- 4.2.1. Sample naming units -- 4.2.2. Experimental data and their analysis -- 4.2.3. Summary 1 -- 4.3. Experiment 2 -- 4.3.1. Sample naming units -- 4.3.2. Experimental data and their analysis -- 4.3.3. Summary 2 -- 4.4. Experiment 3 -- 4.4.1. Sample naming units -- 4.4.2. Experimental data and their analysis -- 4.4.3. Summary 3 -- 4.5. Experiment 4 -- 4.5.1. Sample naming units -- 4.5.2. Experimental data and their analysis -- 4.5.3. Discussion -- 4.5.4. Summary 4. ; 4.6. Meaning predictability and associative meaning: The experimental results in the light of free association of words -- 4.6.1. Meaning predictability of conversions and the associative principle -- 4.6.2. Summary 5 -- 4.6.3. Meaning predictability of two-constituent naming units and the associative principle -- 4.6.4. Summary 6 -- 5. Conclusions -- 5.1. General -- 5.2. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Studies In Functional And Structural Linguistics.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book aims to contribute to a growing interest amongst psycholinguists and morphologists in the mechanisms of meaning predictability. It presents a brand-new model of the meaning-prediction of novel, context-free naming units, relating the wordformation and wordinterpretation processes. Unlike previous studies, mostly focussed on N+N compounds, the scope of this book is much wider. It not only covers all types of complex words, but also discusses a whole range of predictability-boosting and -reducing conditions. Two measures are introduced, the Predictability Rate and the Objectified Predictability Rate, in order to compare the strength of predictable readings both within a word and relative to the most predictable readings of other coinages. Four extensive experiments indicate inter alia the equal predicting capacity of native and non-native speakers, the close interconnection between linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, the important role of prototypical semes, and the usual dominance of a single central reading.
• Titolo autorizzato: Meaning predictability in word formation
• ISBN: 1-282-15684-5; 9786612156847; 90-272-9456-9; 1-4237-6101-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818300303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; ; v. 54.