109014860 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CILT 327 Eb 15 9789027270931 06 10.1075/cilt.327 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code CILT 02 0304-0763 02 327.00 01 02 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-cilt 01 02 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (vols. 1–335, 1975–2015) 05 02 CILT (vols. 1–335, 1975–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-all 01 02 Complete backlist (3,208 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Complete backlist (1967–2015) 11 01 JB code jbe-2015-linguistics 01 02 Subject collection: Linguistics (2,773 titles, 1967–2015) 05 02 Linguistics (1967–2015) 01 01 Morphology and Meaning Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 Morphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 1 B01 01 JB code 816192332 Franz Rainer Rainer, Franz Franz Rainer WU Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/816192332 2 B01 01 JB code 41192334 Francesco Gardani Gardani, Francesco Francesco Gardani WU Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/41192334 3 B01 01 JB code 938192335 Hans Christian Luschützky Luschützky, Hans Christian Hans Christian Luschützky University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/938192335 4 B01 01 JB code 598192333 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/598192333 01 eng 11 358 03 03 viii 03 00 350 03 01 23 415/.9 03 2012 P241 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology--Congresses. 10 LAN009000 12 CFK 24 JB code LIN.MORPH Morphology 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles papers relating to this vast field of research. 03 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles 18 selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting (Vienna, 9–12 February 2012) relating to this vast field of research. The introduction provides a detailed overview of the state of the art in the field. It is followed by three articles derived from the plenaries that are dedicated to fundamental issues such as the relationship between morphological meaning and concepts, between word formation and meaning change, as well as indirect coding. The section papers tackle a wide array of issues, including affixal polysemy, pathways of grammaticalization, the processing of compounds, mismatches between form and meaning, synonymy avoidance, or the semantics of specific patterns of noun incorporation, compounding, reduplication and mimetic verbs. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cilt.327.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027248466.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027248466.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cilt.327.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cilt.327.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 JB code cilt.327.01int 06 10.1075/cilt.327.01int Section header 1 01 04 Editors' introduction Editors’ introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.02rai 06 10.1075/cilt.327.02rai 3 46 44 Article 2 01 04 Morphology and meaning Morphology and meaning 01 04 An overview An overview 1 A01 01 JB code 249203539 Franz Rainer Rainer, Franz Franz Rainer Vienna University of Economics and Business 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/249203539 2 A01 01 JB code 483203540 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/483203540 3 A01 01 JB code 535203541 Francesco Gardani Gardani, Francesco Francesco Gardani Vienna University of Economics and Business 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/535203541 4 A01 01 JB code 7203883 Hans Christian Luschützky Luschützky, Hans Christian Hans Christian Luschützky University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/7203883 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.03pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.03pap Section header 3 01 04 Plenary papers Plenary papers 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.04acq 06 10.1075/cilt.327.04acq 49 70 22 Article 4 01 04 Roots, concepts, and word structure Roots, concepts, and word structure 01 04 On the atoms of lexical semantics On the atoms of lexical semantics 1 A01 01 JB code 320203542 Paolo Acquaviva Acquaviva, Paolo Paolo Acquaviva University College Dublin 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/320203542 01 eng 30 00

This chapter examines the relation between the structure of words as linguistic objects and their conceptual content. It addresses two questions: what are the primitives of lexical semantic interpretation, and how they are expressed in the grammatical and morphological representation of a lexical item. The answer involves a characterization of roots as theoretical objects, followed by an argument to the effect that it is not roots, but larger structures of variable size which relate to lexical concepts. An in-depth discussion of nouns leads to the claim that the conceptual content of a lexical item does not reflect its grammatical structure, because a concept is not the meaning of a linguistically defined unit, but a language-external cognitive content, globally associated with the lexical word as a whole.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.05koc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.05koc 71 96 26 Article 5 01 04 Between word formation and meaning change Between word formation and meaning change 1 A01 01 JB code 935203543 Peter Koch Koch, Peter Peter Koch University of Tübingen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/935203543 01 eng 30 00

In diachronic lexicology, word formation (henceforth: WF) is generally treated as one of three strictly distinct types of processes of lexical innovation, the two others being meaning change (MCh) and borrowing. A unitary theoretical framework based on Construction Grammer and integrating different types of lexical innovation will show that, from an onomasiological point of view, WF and MCh in particular are only two ways of switching from a construction 1 expressing a concept C1 to a formally and semantically related construction 2 expressing a concept C2. From this perspective it is not surprising to find multiple combination, intertwining and interaction between MCh and WF: WF and MCh as subsequent steps in chains of diachronic change; WF and MCh as designative alternatives in lexical innovation; WF and MCh as components of the phenomena of lexical ellipsis and folk-etymology; MCh governing the diachronic evolution of already existing WF devices; MCh creating new WF devices.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.06leh 06 10.1075/cilt.327.06leh 97 124 28 Article 6 01 04 Indirect coding Indirect coding 1 A01 01 JB code 634203544 Christian Lehmann Lehmann, Christian Christian Lehmann University of Erfurt 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/634203544 01 eng 30 00

Morphologically and syntactically conditioned alternations indirectly code their conditioner. The distinction between semantic information that is coded by a property of an expression and semantic information that conditions and constrains a property of an expression brings rigor into linguistic description and makes us understand an important mechanism of interpretation and reanalysis of linguistic structure. The paper provides a theoretical basis for describing indirect coding both on the paradigmatic and on the syntagmatic axis, but then focuses on syntagmatically mediated coding.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.07pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.07pap Section header 7 01 04 Section papers Section papers 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.08arc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.08arc 127 140 14 Article 8 01 04 Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes 1 A01 01 JB code 483203545 Giorgio Francesco Arcodia Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco Giorgio Francesco Arcodia University of Milano-Bicocca 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/483203545 01 eng 30 00

In this paper we discuss two cases of seemingly polysemous derivational affixes: the Ewe suffix -, originally a noun meaning “child”, which has acquired a number of different semantic values in word formation, as e.g. “inexperienced” (núfíáláví “inexperienced teacher”) or “person who adheres to the typical behaviour of a group” (amredzóví “someone who behaves like a foreigner”, and the Mandarin Chinese suffix -, originally a lexical morph meaning “bar”, which also helps to form locative nouns conveying a broad range of meanings, as e.g. in yóuxìbā (game-) “amusement arcade” or in yǎnbā (eye-), a kind of optometry clinic. We shall show that apparent polysemy may be a consequence of generalization, rather than of specialization in meaning, and that the mechanisms involved in the evolution of derivational affixes are mostly analogous to those of grammaticalisation.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.09cho 06 10.1075/cilt.327.09cho 141 152 12 Article 9 01 04 Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy 1 A01 01 JB code 465203546 Iveta Chovanová Chovanová, Iveta Iveta Chovanová Université de Lorraine, ATILF, Nancy, France 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/465203546 2 A01 01 JB code 521203547 Pavel Štichauer Štichauer, Pavel Pavel Štichauer Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/521203547 01 eng 30 00

The paper investigates the semantics of non-suffixed adjectival adjective-noun (AN) compounds in Slavic languages (especially in Slovak and Czech) within a lexeme-based approach in morphology (Aronoff 1976, 1994; Fradin 2003). Two types of AN compounds exist in Slavic languages: a suffixed one, where the suffix has scope over the whole complex base (such as vysok-o-škol-ský), and a “suffixless” one, where the lexical category is marked by means of an inflectional ending (such as modr-o-ok-ý corresponding to the well-known type of compounds like blue-eyed). The article shows, on the basis of the data drawn from large corpora, that there is a basic semantic difference between the two types and it attempts at formulating the principal constraint involved in the formation of the suffixless compounds. The paper puts forward a Principle of Integrated Meronymy as the basic semantic criterion that regulates the possibility of formation of this type of adjectival compounds.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.10gag 06 10.1075/cilt.327.10gag 153 162 10 Article 10 01 04 Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 254203548 Christina L. Gagné Gagné, Christina L. Christina L. Gagné University of Alberta 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/254203548 2 A01 01 JB code 469203549 Thomas L. Spalding Spalding, Thomas L. Thomas L. Spalding University of Alberta 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/469203549 01 eng 30 00

Emerging evidence suggests that integrating the constituents of compound words involves semantic composition and that this meaning construction process draws on relation information linking the constituents. Research with novel compounds (for which semantic composition is obligatory) has found that relation structures compete for selection during semantic composition and that increased competition results in increased processing difficulty. The current project investigates whether relation competition occurs in the processing of established transparent and opaque English compounds. The results indicate that more relation competition is associated with more difficult processing of compound words, even those that are semantically opaque. This indicates that a relation-based semantic composition process is initiated during the processing of established compounds, even for semantically opaque compounds where the final interpretation cannot be relational. Understanding the semantic composition process is critically important in creating a complete theory of compound processing.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.11ham 06 10.1075/cilt.327.11ham 163 176 14 Article 11 01 04 Inflection vs. derivation Inflection vs. derivation 01 04 The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive 1 A01 01 JB code 926203550 Arja Hamari Hamari, Arja Arja Hamari University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/926203550 01 eng 30 00

The abessive suffix of the Mordvin languages (Erzya and Moksha) expresses the meaning “without”. Diachronically, the suffix presents an example of a process of grammaticalization in which a derivational ending has developed into a case suffix. However, the process has not been completed, as the derivational meaning has also been maintained in both Erzya and Moksha. Consequently, in contemporary Mordvin languages the abessive form has a twofold character: it can be used both adverbially (as a case form) and adnominally (as an adjective derivation). This article investigates both the derivational and inflectional aspects of the abessive in the Mordvin languages and compares its uses with some other cases.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.12hat 06 10.1075/cilt.327.12hat 177 190 14 Article 12 01 04 Discrepancy between form and meaning cin word-formation Discrepancy between form and meaning 
in word-formation 01 04 The case of over- and under-marking in French The case of over- and under-marking in French 1 A01 01 JB code 629203551 Nabil Hathout Hathout, Nabil Nabil Hathout CLLE-ERSS, CNRS & University of Toulouse Le Mirail 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/629203551 2 A01 01 JB code 691203552 Fiammetta Namer Namer, Fiammetta Fiammetta Namer University of Lorraine & ATILF - UMR 7118 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/691203552 01 eng 30 00

Most word-formation theories assume that derivatives in general tend towards canonicity, i.e. one-to-one correspondence between form and meaning and thus full morphosemantic transparency. However, form-meaning mismatches actually are widespread, both in terms of languages and word-formation rules. These mainly fall into two types: over-marking and under-marking. In this paper we propose a classification of these deviations, distinguishing between a derivational and a lexical level. We illustrate this classification with examples from French and other languages (English, Italian and Dutch). We sketch a unified analysis of these deviations within a word-based framework. We propose to analyse the relative importance of canonicity and discrepancies in word formation from the perspective of the interaction between the speaker and the hearer.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.13kot 06 10.1075/cilt.327.13kot 191 204 14 Article 13 01 04 Compounds vs. phrases Compounds vs. phrases 01 04 The cognitive status of morphological products The cognitive status of morphological products 1 A01 01 JB code 281203553 Sven P. Kotowski Kotowski, Sven P. Sven P. Kotowski University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/281203553 2 A01 01 JB code 594203554 Katja Böer Böer, Katja Katja Böer University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/594203554 3 A01 01 JB code 651203555 Holden Härtl Härtl, Holden Holden Härtl University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/651203555 01 eng 30 00

Nominal compounds and corresponding phrases provide a suitable test bed for inquiry into the interface and demarcations between syntax and morphology. In this article we show that the distinction between the two constructions is blurred from a theoretical perspective and investigate processing and cognitive aspects. After an examination of structural as well as semantic properties of the two types, we report on three studies (memorization, questionnaire, and reading time) that experimentally juxtapose German adjective-noun constructions of phrasal and morphological kinds. The results of these studies indicate cognitive differences between compounds and phrases. Considering alternative explanations, we argue that our data supports the view of two separated structural levels of grammar.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.14lib 06 10.1075/cilt.327.14lib 205 222 18 Article 14 01 04 Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables 1 A01 01 JB code 368203556 Gary Libben Libben, Gary Gary Libben Brock University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/368203556 2 A01 01 JB code 417203557 Silke Weber Weber, Silke Silke Weber University of Calgary 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/417203557 01 eng 30 00

We report on a psycholinguistic study of semantic transparency among English compound words. We employed the P3 technique (Libben et al. 2012), which combines elements of three experimental paradigms: progressive demasking, naming, and word typing. Both the progressive demasking data and the word typing data showed a graded effect of semantic transparency associated with the number and location of semantically opaque constituents in the compound. Typing duration effects were evident at the constituent boundary, supporting observations first made by Sahel et al. (2008). We suggest that these data point to the value of letter typing durations in the analysis of morphological processing and the importance of a psychocentric perspective on lexical processing – one that emphasizes the psychological nature of morphological structures.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.15lui 06 10.1075/cilt.327.15lui 223 238 16 Article 15 01 04 The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation 01 04 A view from construction morphology A view from construction morphology 1 A01 01 JB code 17203558 Ana R. Luís Luís, Ana R. Ana R. Luís University of Coimbra 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/17203558 01 eng 30 00

This paper examines the interaction between form and meaning in creole word-formation, drawing on evidence from Kriyol, a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guiné-Bissau. The goal will be to illustrate how full reduplication interacts in complex ways with other morphological operations such as conversion, derivation and inflection. A formal morphological analysis of the layering between form and meaning will be sketched, within Construction Morphology, which treats full reduplication as a genuine lexeme-formation process. Within this word-based theory, the interaction between morphological operations is captured through the unification of construction schemas.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.16sol 06 10.1075/cilt.327.16sol 239 248 10 Article 16 01 04 Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 571203559 Ramón Martí Solano Martí Solano, Ramón Ramón Martí Solano Université de Limoges, France 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/571203559 01 eng 30 00

Compounds such as actress-cum-model, pub-cum-hotel or military-cum-religious represent mainly an alternative construction to coordinative compounds of the singer-songwriter type. Although most of them are double-headed, some can show semantic left-headedness. We have detected six main semantic groups out of a corpus of 300 types of -cum- nominal compounds. They correspond, in descending order of frequency, to people’s professional or leisure activities; buildings, rooms, and other places; literary and audio-visual genres; pieces of furniture, clothes, and other objects; abstract nouns; and toponyms, and anthroponyms. Under the heading “People”, we consider two main subheadings: team-sports players and antonymous occupations or functions.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.17mor 06 10.1075/cilt.327.17mor 249 258 10 Article 17 01 04 German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation 1 A01 01 JB code 499203560 Karlheinz Mörth Mörth, Karlheinz Karlheinz Mörth Institute for Corpus Linguistics 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/499203560 2 A01 01 JB code 571203561 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler Text Technology, cAustrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/571203561 01 eng 30 00

This contribution studies the synchrony and diachrony of German plural variants. Plural doublets in the sense of overabundance must be restricted to variants with the same meaning used by one and the same speech community. But there is a preference for distinctiveness which assigns different pragmatic or semantic meanings to variants. This includes also a preference for iconic relationships between form and meaning. The assumption of a preference for biuniqueness appears to allow greater generalizations than the ideal of canonical paradigm forms.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.18mur 06 10.1075/cilt.327.18mur 259 274 16 Article 18 01 04 On the form and meaning of double cnoun incorporation On the form and meaning of double 
noun incorporation 1 A01 01 JB code 243203562 Alessio Muro Muro, Alessio Alessio Muro University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/243203562 01 eng 30 00

Noun Incorporation Constructions commonly involve one noun root and one verb root, but in some languages the verbal member may be compounded with two nominal roots, which almost always have the semantics of a theme and a non-theme (a problematic fact for Baker’s 1988 theory). Moreover, if the non-theme noun specifies instrument or manner, the linear order in which the two nouns appear may vary, one noun taking scope over the other. This fact too can be a problem for Baker’s theory, as well as for any theory making use of a fixed Thematic Hierarchy. By reviewing the most salient features of Noun Incorporation Constructions in general, a theoretical apparatus is proposed which dispenses with the notion of head movement in favor of XP movement, yet preserves the idea of a Thematic Hierarchy by means of a phase-based model of word formation.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.19ron 06 10.1075/cilt.327.19ron 275 288 14 Article 19 01 04 Tuning morphosemantic transparency cby shortening Tuning morphosemantic transparency 
by shortening 01 04 A cross-linguistic perspective A cross-linguistic perspective 1 A01 01 JB code 675203563 Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Ronneberger-Sibold, Elke Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Catholic University of Eichstätt 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/675203563 01 eng 30 00

The central claim of this paper is that, besides phonological optimization, a major function of shortening words by different techniques such as clipping or acronymy is a controlled reduction of morphosemantic transparency in lexical domains, where partly or entirely opaque words are preferred to completely transparent ones. E.g., the functions of uniquely identifying and individualizing a referent by a proper name are better fulfilled by opaque labeling than by a transparent descriptive nomination. In fact, a study of shortening techniques used for official and commercial proper names contrasted with non-onymic words from the general lexicon and certain jargons in German, Farsi and Standard Chinese, three languages extremely different with respect to linguistic type and writing system, reveals a clear contrast between highly transparent shortenings preferred in the non-onymic lexicon versus less transparent or even opaque ones in the proper names, although the preferred shortening techniques themselves vary from language to language.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.20ser 06 10.1075/cilt.327.20ser 289 302 14 Article 20 01 04 Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface 01 04 Data from Hebrew Data from Hebrew 1 A01 01 JB code 363203564 Batia Seroussi Seroussi, Batia Batia Seroussi Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/363203564 01 eng 30 00

The paper concerns the structural factor of ‘root transparency’ in relation to the morphology-meaning interface in the mental lexicon of Hebrew. Semitic root structure was analyzed by comparing responses of native speakers of Hebrew on a set of written tasks. Target items included both nouns derived from transparent full triconsonantal roots (e.g. migdal “tower” from the root g-d-l) and nouns derived from more opaque defective biconsonantal roots (e.g. taxazit “forecast” from the root x-z-y). Responses to items based on full roots demonstrated that they were across-the-board more accessible and easier to process than their defective counterparts. Moreover, the difference between performance on items derived from full compared with defective roots was found to interface with phonology, semantics, and syntax, as well as with familiarity/frequency. These results indicate that root transparency plays an important and pervasive role in the mental lexicon of Hebrew.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.21tsu 06 10.1075/cilt.327.21tsu 303 314 12 Article 21 01 04 Mimetic verbs and meaning Mimetic verbs and meaning 1 A01 01 JB code 889203565 Natsuko Tsujimura Tsujimura, Natsuko Natsuko Tsujimura Indiana University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/889203565 01 eng 30 00

This paper will discuss several lexical semantic differences between mimetic verbs and conventional prosaic verbs in Japanese, and show that meaning for mimetic verbs calls for a treatment distinct from that of lexical verbs. Taking into account the notion of ‘affect-imagistic dimension’ (Kita 1997) in which a mimetic base is represented in terms of its images, I will argue that an analysis that incorporates the basic premise of frame semantics and construction grammar can accommodate the seemingly idiosyncratic and unconventional lexical semantic properties of mimetic verbs. The wide range of semantic frames of mimetic verbs is thus fed by the numerous images of the mimetic base and the specific constructions in which they appear.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.22wei 06 10.1075/cilt.327.22wei 315 330 16 Article 22 01 04 Mismatch verbs Mismatch verbs 01 04 A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents 1 A01 01 JB code 459203566 Philipp Weisser Weisser, Philipp Philipp Weisser University of Leipzig 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/459203566 01 eng 30 00

The term ‘deponent’ traditionally refers to a class of verbs in Latin or Greek which is characterized by a mismatch between their morphological form and their syntactic and semantic context. Deponent verbs appear in passive form but in active syntax/semantics. In this paper, I argue that this mismatch between form and function is not as uncommon as one might expect. In particular, I show that we find the same kind of mismatch with unaccusative verbs in many languages amongst which are English or the Romance languages. The argumentation will be based on a detailed investigation of how deponent and unaccusative verbs behave in all modules of the grammar. Based on the findings of this discussion, I propose a unified morphosyntactic analysis for deponents and unaccusatives. The analysis elegantly captures the particular behavior of these verbs by invoking two principles: Identity Avoidance and Lexical Override.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.23zom 06 10.1075/cilt.327.23zom 331 344 14 Article 23 01 04 The canonical function of the deponent cverbs in modern Greek The canonical function of the deponent 
verbs in modern Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 15203567 Katerina Zombolou Zombolou, Katerina Katerina Zombolou University of Stuttgart 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/15203567 2 A01 01 JB code 61203568 Artemis Alexiadou Alexiadou, Artemis Artemis Alexiadou University of Stuttgart 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/61203568 01 eng 30 00

The present paper discusses deponent verbs in Modern Greek. Deponents are claimed to be idiosyncratic, non-canonical verbs representing a mismatch between morphology and syntax/semantics, as they are intransitive verbs exhibiting a morphological form, non-active, without there being an active transitive counterpart. Since non-active morphology is standardly associated with de-transitivization, deponents are taken to be exceptional in this respect. We compiled a deponent-verb corpus of Modern Greek and examined its morphological, syntactic and semantic structure. The results of this study revealed that most deponent predicates are actually reflexives/reciprocals, anticausatives and passives; thus, they instantiate verbal alternations which typically surface with non-active morphological marking. For this reason, we conclude that the morphology of deponent verbs in Modern Greek has, contrary to their traditional definition, a canonical function.

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Dressler University of Vienna 01 eng 11 358 03 03 viii 03 00 350 03 24 JB code LIN.MORPH Morphology 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 10 LAN009000 12 CFK 01 06 02 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles papers relating to this vast field of research. 03 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles 18 selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting (Vienna, 9–12 February 2012) relating to this vast field of research. The introduction provides a detailed overview of the state of the art in the field. It is followed by three articles derived from the plenaries that are dedicated to fundamental issues such as the relationship between morphological meaning and concepts, between word formation and meaning change, as well as indirect coding. The section papers tackle a wide array of issues, including affixal polysemy, pathways of grammaticalization, the processing of compounds, mismatches between form and meaning, synonymy avoidance, or the semantics of specific patterns of noun incorporation, compounding, reduplication and mimetic verbs. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cilt.327.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027248466.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027248466.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cilt.327.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cilt.327.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 JB code cilt.327.01int 06 10.1075/cilt.327.01int Section header 1 01 04 Editors' introduction Editors’ introduction 01 01 JB code cilt.327.02rai 06 10.1075/cilt.327.02rai 3 46 44 Article 2 01 04 Morphology and meaning Morphology and meaning 01 04 An overview An overview 1 A01 01 JB code 249203539 Franz Rainer Rainer, Franz Franz Rainer Vienna University of Economics and Business 2 A01 01 JB code 483203540 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler University of Vienna 3 A01 01 JB code 535203541 Francesco Gardani Gardani, Francesco Francesco Gardani Vienna University of Economics and Business 4 A01 01 JB code 7203883 Hans Christian Luschützky Luschützky, Hans Christian Hans Christian Luschützky University of Vienna 01 01 JB code cilt.327.03pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.03pap Section header 3 01 04 Plenary papers Plenary papers 01 01 JB code cilt.327.04acq 06 10.1075/cilt.327.04acq 49 70 22 Article 4 01 04 Roots, concepts, and word structure Roots, concepts, and word structure 01 04 On the atoms of lexical semantics On the atoms of lexical semantics 1 A01 01 JB code 320203542 Paolo Acquaviva Acquaviva, Paolo Paolo Acquaviva University College Dublin 01 01 JB code cilt.327.05koc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.05koc 71 96 26 Article 5 01 04 Between word formation and meaning change Between word formation and meaning change 1 A01 01 JB code 935203543 Peter Koch Koch, Peter Peter Koch University of Tübingen 01 01 JB code cilt.327.06leh 06 10.1075/cilt.327.06leh 97 124 28 Article 6 01 04 Indirect coding Indirect coding 1 A01 01 JB code 634203544 Christian Lehmann Lehmann, Christian Christian Lehmann University of Erfurt 01 01 JB code cilt.327.07pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.07pap Section header 7 01 04 Section papers Section papers 01 01 JB code cilt.327.08arc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.08arc 127 140 14 Article 8 01 04 Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes 1 A01 01 JB code 483203545 Giorgio Francesco Arcodia Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco Giorgio Francesco Arcodia University of Milano-Bicocca 01 01 JB code cilt.327.09cho 06 10.1075/cilt.327.09cho 141 152 12 Article 9 01 04 Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy 1 A01 01 JB code 465203546 Iveta Chovanová Chovanová, Iveta Iveta Chovanová Université de Lorraine, ATILF, Nancy, France 2 A01 01 JB code 521203547 Pavel Štichauer Štichauer, Pavel Pavel Štichauer Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 01 01 JB code cilt.327.10gag 06 10.1075/cilt.327.10gag 153 162 10 Article 10 01 04 Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 254203548 Christina L. Gagné Gagné, Christina L. Christina L. Gagné University of Alberta 2 A01 01 JB code 469203549 Thomas L. Spalding Spalding, Thomas L. Thomas L. Spalding University of Alberta 01 01 JB code cilt.327.11ham 06 10.1075/cilt.327.11ham 163 176 14 Article 11 01 04 Inflection vs. derivation Inflection vs. derivation 01 04 The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive 1 A01 01 JB code 926203550 Arja Hamari Hamari, Arja Arja Hamari University of Helsinki 01 01 JB code cilt.327.12hat 06 10.1075/cilt.327.12hat 177 190 14 Article 12 01 04 Discrepancy between form and meaning cin word-formation Discrepancy between form and meaning 
in word-formation 01 04 The case of over- and under-marking in French The case of over- and under-marking in French 1 A01 01 JB code 629203551 Nabil Hathout Hathout, Nabil Nabil Hathout CLLE-ERSS, CNRS & University of Toulouse Le Mirail 2 A01 01 JB code 691203552 Fiammetta Namer Namer, Fiammetta Fiammetta Namer University of Lorraine & ATILF - UMR 7118 01 01 JB code cilt.327.13kot 06 10.1075/cilt.327.13kot 191 204 14 Article 13 01 04 Compounds vs. phrases Compounds vs. phrases 01 04 The cognitive status of morphological products The cognitive status of morphological products 1 A01 01 JB code 281203553 Sven Kotowski Kotowski, Sven Sven Kotowski University of Kassel 2 A01 01 JB code 594203554 Katja Böer Böer, Katja Katja Böer University of Kassel 3 A01 01 JB code 651203555 Holden Härtl Härtl, Holden Holden Härtl University of Kassel 01 01 JB code cilt.327.14lib 06 10.1075/cilt.327.14lib 205 222 18 Article 14 01 04 Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables 1 A01 01 JB code 368203556 Gary Libben Libben, Gary Gary Libben Brock University 2 A01 01 JB code 417203557 Silke Weber Weber, Silke Silke Weber University of Calgary 01 01 JB code cilt.327.15lui 06 10.1075/cilt.327.15lui 223 238 16 Article 15 01 04 The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation 01 04 A view from construction morphology A view from construction morphology 1 A01 01 JB code 17203558 Ana R. Luís Luís, Ana R. Ana R. Luís University of Coimbra 01 01 JB code cilt.327.16sol 06 10.1075/cilt.327.16sol 239 248 10 Article 16 01 04 Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 571203559 Ramón Martí Solano Martí Solano, Ramón Ramón Martí Solano Université de Limoges, France 01 01 JB code cilt.327.17mor 06 10.1075/cilt.327.17mor 249 258 10 Article 17 01 04 German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation 1 A01 01 JB code 499203560 Karlheinz Mörth Mörth, Karlheinz Karlheinz Mörth Institute for Corpus Linguistics 2 A01 01 JB code 571203561 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler Text Technology, cAustrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 01 01 JB code cilt.327.18mur 06 10.1075/cilt.327.18mur 259 274 16 Article 18 01 04 On the form and meaning of double cnoun incorporation On the form and meaning of double 
noun incorporation 1 A01 01 JB code 243203562 Alessio Muro Muro, Alessio Alessio Muro University of Padua 01 01 JB code cilt.327.19ron 06 10.1075/cilt.327.19ron 275 288 14 Article 19 01 04 Tuning morphosemantic transparency cby shortening Tuning morphosemantic transparency 
by shortening 01 04 A cross-linguistic perspective A cross-linguistic perspective 1 A01 01 JB code 675203563 Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Ronneberger-Sibold, Elke Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Catholic University of Eichstätt 01 01 JB code cilt.327.20ser 06 10.1075/cilt.327.20ser 289 302 14 Article 20 01 04 Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface 01 04 Data from Hebrew Data from Hebrew 1 A01 01 JB code 363203564 Batia Seroussi Seroussi, Batia Batia Seroussi Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv 01 01 JB code cilt.327.21tsu 06 10.1075/cilt.327.21tsu 303 314 12 Article 21 01 04 Mimetic verbs and meaning Mimetic verbs and meaning 1 A01 01 JB code 889203565 Natsuko Tsujimura Tsujimura, Natsuko Natsuko Tsujimura Indiana University 01 01 JB code cilt.327.22wei 06 10.1075/cilt.327.22wei 315 330 16 Article 22 01 04 Mismatch verbs Mismatch verbs 01 04 A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents 1 A01 01 JB code 459203566 Philipp Weisser Weisser, Philipp Philipp Weisser University of Leipzig 01 01 JB code cilt.327.23zom 06 10.1075/cilt.327.23zom 331 344 14 Article 23 01 04 The canonical function of the deponent cverbs in modern Greek The canonical function of the deponent 
verbs in modern Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 15203567 Katerina Zombolou Zombolou, Katerina Katerina Zombolou University of Stuttgart 2 A01 01 JB code 61203568 Artemis Alexiadou Alexiadou, Artemis Artemis Alexiadou University of Stuttgart 01 01 JB code cilt.327.24lan 06 10.1075/cilt.327.24lan 345 346 2 Miscellaneous 24 01 04 Language index Language index 01 01 JB code cilt.327.25sub 06 10.1075/cilt.327.25sub 347 350 4 Miscellaneous 25 01 04 Subject index Subject index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20140227 C 2014 John Benjamins D 2014 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027248466 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 105.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 88.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 158.00 USD 660014859 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CILT 327 Hb 15 9789027248466 06 10.1075/cilt.327 13 2013037576 00 BB 08 790 gr 10 01 JB code CILT 02 0304-0763 02 327.00 01 02 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 01 01 Morphology and Meaning Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 Morphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 1 B01 01 JB code 816192332 Franz Rainer Rainer, Franz Franz Rainer WU Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/816192332 2 B01 01 JB code 41192334 Francesco Gardani Gardani, Francesco Francesco Gardani WU Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/41192334 3 B01 01 JB code 938192335 Hans Christian Luschützky Luschützky, Hans Christian Hans Christian Luschützky University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/938192335 4 B01 01 JB code 598192333 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/598192333 01 eng 11 358 03 03 viii 03 00 350 03 01 23 415/.9 03 2012 P241 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology--Congresses. 10 LAN009000 12 CFK 24 JB code LIN.MORPH Morphology 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles papers relating to this vast field of research. 03 00 The problem of form and meaning in morphology has produced an impressive amount of scholarly work over the last hundred years. Nevertheless, many issues continue to be in need of clarification. The present volume assembles 18 selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting (Vienna, 9–12 February 2012) relating to this vast field of research. The introduction provides a detailed overview of the state of the art in the field. It is followed by three articles derived from the plenaries that are dedicated to fundamental issues such as the relationship between morphological meaning and concepts, between word formation and meaning change, as well as indirect coding. The section papers tackle a wide array of issues, including affixal polysemy, pathways of grammaticalization, the processing of compounds, mismatches between form and meaning, synonymy avoidance, or the semantics of specific patterns of noun incorporation, compounding, reduplication and mimetic verbs. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cilt.327.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027248466.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027248466.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cilt.327.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cilt.327.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cilt.327.hb.png 01 01 JB code cilt.327.01int 06 10.1075/cilt.327.01int Section header 1 01 04 Editors' introduction Editors’ introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.02rai 06 10.1075/cilt.327.02rai 3 46 44 Article 2 01 04 Morphology and meaning Morphology and meaning 01 04 An overview An overview 1 A01 01 JB code 249203539 Franz Rainer Rainer, Franz Franz Rainer Vienna University of Economics and Business 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/249203539 2 A01 01 JB code 483203540 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/483203540 3 A01 01 JB code 535203541 Francesco Gardani Gardani, Francesco Francesco Gardani Vienna University of Economics and Business 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/535203541 4 A01 01 JB code 7203883 Hans Christian Luschützky Luschützky, Hans Christian Hans Christian Luschützky University of Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/7203883 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.03pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.03pap Section header 3 01 04 Plenary papers Plenary papers 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.04acq 06 10.1075/cilt.327.04acq 49 70 22 Article 4 01 04 Roots, concepts, and word structure Roots, concepts, and word structure 01 04 On the atoms of lexical semantics On the atoms of lexical semantics 1 A01 01 JB code 320203542 Paolo Acquaviva Acquaviva, Paolo Paolo Acquaviva University College Dublin 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/320203542 01 eng 30 00

This chapter examines the relation between the structure of words as linguistic objects and their conceptual content. It addresses two questions: what are the primitives of lexical semantic interpretation, and how they are expressed in the grammatical and morphological representation of a lexical item. The answer involves a characterization of roots as theoretical objects, followed by an argument to the effect that it is not roots, but larger structures of variable size which relate to lexical concepts. An in-depth discussion of nouns leads to the claim that the conceptual content of a lexical item does not reflect its grammatical structure, because a concept is not the meaning of a linguistically defined unit, but a language-external cognitive content, globally associated with the lexical word as a whole.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.05koc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.05koc 71 96 26 Article 5 01 04 Between word formation and meaning change Between word formation and meaning change 1 A01 01 JB code 935203543 Peter Koch Koch, Peter Peter Koch University of Tübingen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/935203543 01 eng 30 00

In diachronic lexicology, word formation (henceforth: WF) is generally treated as one of three strictly distinct types of processes of lexical innovation, the two others being meaning change (MCh) and borrowing. A unitary theoretical framework based on Construction Grammer and integrating different types of lexical innovation will show that, from an onomasiological point of view, WF and MCh in particular are only two ways of switching from a construction 1 expressing a concept C1 to a formally and semantically related construction 2 expressing a concept C2. From this perspective it is not surprising to find multiple combination, intertwining and interaction between MCh and WF: WF and MCh as subsequent steps in chains of diachronic change; WF and MCh as designative alternatives in lexical innovation; WF and MCh as components of the phenomena of lexical ellipsis and folk-etymology; MCh governing the diachronic evolution of already existing WF devices; MCh creating new WF devices.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.06leh 06 10.1075/cilt.327.06leh 97 124 28 Article 6 01 04 Indirect coding Indirect coding 1 A01 01 JB code 634203544 Christian Lehmann Lehmann, Christian Christian Lehmann University of Erfurt 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/634203544 01 eng 30 00

Morphologically and syntactically conditioned alternations indirectly code their conditioner. The distinction between semantic information that is coded by a property of an expression and semantic information that conditions and constrains a property of an expression brings rigor into linguistic description and makes us understand an important mechanism of interpretation and reanalysis of linguistic structure. The paper provides a theoretical basis for describing indirect coding both on the paradigmatic and on the syntagmatic axis, but then focuses on syntagmatically mediated coding.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.07pap 06 10.1075/cilt.327.07pap Section header 7 01 04 Section papers Section papers 01 eng 01 01 JB code cilt.327.08arc 06 10.1075/cilt.327.08arc 127 140 14 Article 8 01 04 Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes 1 A01 01 JB code 483203545 Giorgio Francesco Arcodia Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco Giorgio Francesco Arcodia University of Milano-Bicocca 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/483203545 01 eng 30 00

In this paper we discuss two cases of seemingly polysemous derivational affixes: the Ewe suffix -, originally a noun meaning “child”, which has acquired a number of different semantic values in word formation, as e.g. “inexperienced” (núfíáláví “inexperienced teacher”) or “person who adheres to the typical behaviour of a group” (amredzóví “someone who behaves like a foreigner”, and the Mandarin Chinese suffix -, originally a lexical morph meaning “bar”, which also helps to form locative nouns conveying a broad range of meanings, as e.g. in yóuxìbā (game-) “amusement arcade” or in yǎnbā (eye-), a kind of optometry clinic. We shall show that apparent polysemy may be a consequence of generalization, rather than of specialization in meaning, and that the mechanisms involved in the evolution of derivational affixes are mostly analogous to those of grammaticalisation.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.09cho 06 10.1075/cilt.327.09cho 141 152 12 Article 9 01 04 Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy 1 A01 01 JB code 465203546 Iveta Chovanová Chovanová, Iveta Iveta Chovanová Université de Lorraine, ATILF, Nancy, France 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/465203546 2 A01 01 JB code 521203547 Pavel Štichauer Štichauer, Pavel Pavel Štichauer Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/521203547 01 eng 30 00

The paper investigates the semantics of non-suffixed adjectival adjective-noun (AN) compounds in Slavic languages (especially in Slovak and Czech) within a lexeme-based approach in morphology (Aronoff 1976, 1994; Fradin 2003). Two types of AN compounds exist in Slavic languages: a suffixed one, where the suffix has scope over the whole complex base (such as vysok-o-škol-ský), and a “suffixless” one, where the lexical category is marked by means of an inflectional ending (such as modr-o-ok-ý corresponding to the well-known type of compounds like blue-eyed). The article shows, on the basis of the data drawn from large corpora, that there is a basic semantic difference between the two types and it attempts at formulating the principal constraint involved in the formation of the suffixless compounds. The paper puts forward a Principle of Integrated Meronymy as the basic semantic criterion that regulates the possibility of formation of this type of adjectival compounds.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.10gag 06 10.1075/cilt.327.10gag 153 162 10 Article 10 01 04 Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 254203548 Christina L. Gagné Gagné, Christina L. Christina L. Gagné University of Alberta 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/254203548 2 A01 01 JB code 469203549 Thomas L. Spalding Spalding, Thomas L. Thomas L. Spalding University of Alberta 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/469203549 01 eng 30 00

Emerging evidence suggests that integrating the constituents of compound words involves semantic composition and that this meaning construction process draws on relation information linking the constituents. Research with novel compounds (for which semantic composition is obligatory) has found that relation structures compete for selection during semantic composition and that increased competition results in increased processing difficulty. The current project investigates whether relation competition occurs in the processing of established transparent and opaque English compounds. The results indicate that more relation competition is associated with more difficult processing of compound words, even those that are semantically opaque. This indicates that a relation-based semantic composition process is initiated during the processing of established compounds, even for semantically opaque compounds where the final interpretation cannot be relational. Understanding the semantic composition process is critically important in creating a complete theory of compound processing.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.11ham 06 10.1075/cilt.327.11ham 163 176 14 Article 11 01 04 Inflection vs. derivation Inflection vs. derivation 01 04 The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive 1 A01 01 JB code 926203550 Arja Hamari Hamari, Arja Arja Hamari University of Helsinki 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/926203550 01 eng 30 00

The abessive suffix of the Mordvin languages (Erzya and Moksha) expresses the meaning “without”. Diachronically, the suffix presents an example of a process of grammaticalization in which a derivational ending has developed into a case suffix. However, the process has not been completed, as the derivational meaning has also been maintained in both Erzya and Moksha. Consequently, in contemporary Mordvin languages the abessive form has a twofold character: it can be used both adverbially (as a case form) and adnominally (as an adjective derivation). This article investigates both the derivational and inflectional aspects of the abessive in the Mordvin languages and compares its uses with some other cases.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.12hat 06 10.1075/cilt.327.12hat 177 190 14 Article 12 01 04 Discrepancy between form and meaning cin word-formation Discrepancy between form and meaning 
in word-formation 01 04 The case of over- and under-marking in French The case of over- and under-marking in French 1 A01 01 JB code 629203551 Nabil Hathout Hathout, Nabil Nabil Hathout CLLE-ERSS, CNRS & University of Toulouse Le Mirail 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/629203551 2 A01 01 JB code 691203552 Fiammetta Namer Namer, Fiammetta Fiammetta Namer University of Lorraine & ATILF - UMR 7118 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/691203552 01 eng 30 00

Most word-formation theories assume that derivatives in general tend towards canonicity, i.e. one-to-one correspondence between form and meaning and thus full morphosemantic transparency. However, form-meaning mismatches actually are widespread, both in terms of languages and word-formation rules. These mainly fall into two types: over-marking and under-marking. In this paper we propose a classification of these deviations, distinguishing between a derivational and a lexical level. We illustrate this classification with examples from French and other languages (English, Italian and Dutch). We sketch a unified analysis of these deviations within a word-based framework. We propose to analyse the relative importance of canonicity and discrepancies in word formation from the perspective of the interaction between the speaker and the hearer.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.13kot 06 10.1075/cilt.327.13kot 191 204 14 Article 13 01 04 Compounds vs. phrases Compounds vs. phrases 01 04 The cognitive status of morphological products The cognitive status of morphological products 1 A01 01 JB code 281203553 Sven P. Kotowski Kotowski, Sven P. Sven P. Kotowski University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/281203553 2 A01 01 JB code 594203554 Katja Böer Böer, Katja Katja Böer University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/594203554 3 A01 01 JB code 651203555 Holden Härtl Härtl, Holden Holden Härtl University of Kassel 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/651203555 01 eng 30 00

Nominal compounds and corresponding phrases provide a suitable test bed for inquiry into the interface and demarcations between syntax and morphology. In this article we show that the distinction between the two constructions is blurred from a theoretical perspective and investigate processing and cognitive aspects. After an examination of structural as well as semantic properties of the two types, we report on three studies (memorization, questionnaire, and reading time) that experimentally juxtapose German adjective-noun constructions of phrasal and morphological kinds. The results of these studies indicate cognitive differences between compounds and phrases. Considering alternative explanations, we argue that our data supports the view of two separated structural levels of grammar.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.14lib 06 10.1075/cilt.327.14lib 205 222 18 Article 14 01 04 Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables 1 A01 01 JB code 368203556 Gary Libben Libben, Gary Gary Libben Brock University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/368203556 2 A01 01 JB code 417203557 Silke Weber Weber, Silke Silke Weber University of Calgary 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/417203557 01 eng 30 00

We report on a psycholinguistic study of semantic transparency among English compound words. We employed the P3 technique (Libben et al. 2012), which combines elements of three experimental paradigms: progressive demasking, naming, and word typing. Both the progressive demasking data and the word typing data showed a graded effect of semantic transparency associated with the number and location of semantically opaque constituents in the compound. Typing duration effects were evident at the constituent boundary, supporting observations first made by Sahel et al. (2008). We suggest that these data point to the value of letter typing durations in the analysis of morphological processing and the importance of a psychocentric perspective on lexical processing – one that emphasizes the psychological nature of morphological structures.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.15lui 06 10.1075/cilt.327.15lui 223 238 16 Article 15 01 04 The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation 01 04 A view from construction morphology A view from construction morphology 1 A01 01 JB code 17203558 Ana R. Luís Luís, Ana R. Ana R. Luís University of Coimbra 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/17203558 01 eng 30 00

This paper examines the interaction between form and meaning in creole word-formation, drawing on evidence from Kriyol, a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guiné-Bissau. The goal will be to illustrate how full reduplication interacts in complex ways with other morphological operations such as conversion, derivation and inflection. A formal morphological analysis of the layering between form and meaning will be sketched, within Construction Morphology, which treats full reduplication as a genuine lexeme-formation process. Within this word-based theory, the interaction between morphological operations is captured through the unification of construction schemas.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.16sol 06 10.1075/cilt.327.16sol 239 248 10 Article 16 01 04 Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds 1 A01 01 JB code 571203559 Ramón Martí Solano Martí Solano, Ramón Ramón Martí Solano Université de Limoges, France 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/571203559 01 eng 30 00

Compounds such as actress-cum-model, pub-cum-hotel or military-cum-religious represent mainly an alternative construction to coordinative compounds of the singer-songwriter type. Although most of them are double-headed, some can show semantic left-headedness. We have detected six main semantic groups out of a corpus of 300 types of -cum- nominal compounds. They correspond, in descending order of frequency, to people’s professional or leisure activities; buildings, rooms, and other places; literary and audio-visual genres; pieces of furniture, clothes, and other objects; abstract nouns; and toponyms, and anthroponyms. Under the heading “People”, we consider two main subheadings: team-sports players and antonymous occupations or functions.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.17mor 06 10.1075/cilt.327.17mor 249 258 10 Article 17 01 04 German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation 1 A01 01 JB code 499203560 Karlheinz Mörth Mörth, Karlheinz Karlheinz Mörth Institute for Corpus Linguistics 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/499203560 2 A01 01 JB code 571203561 Wolfgang U. Dressler Dressler, Wolfgang U. Wolfgang U. Dressler Text Technology, cAustrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/571203561 01 eng 30 00

This contribution studies the synchrony and diachrony of German plural variants. Plural doublets in the sense of overabundance must be restricted to variants with the same meaning used by one and the same speech community. But there is a preference for distinctiveness which assigns different pragmatic or semantic meanings to variants. This includes also a preference for iconic relationships between form and meaning. The assumption of a preference for biuniqueness appears to allow greater generalizations than the ideal of canonical paradigm forms.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.18mur 06 10.1075/cilt.327.18mur 259 274 16 Article 18 01 04 On the form and meaning of double cnoun incorporation On the form and meaning of double 
noun incorporation 1 A01 01 JB code 243203562 Alessio Muro Muro, Alessio Alessio Muro University of Padua 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/243203562 01 eng 30 00

Noun Incorporation Constructions commonly involve one noun root and one verb root, but in some languages the verbal member may be compounded with two nominal roots, which almost always have the semantics of a theme and a non-theme (a problematic fact for Baker’s 1988 theory). Moreover, if the non-theme noun specifies instrument or manner, the linear order in which the two nouns appear may vary, one noun taking scope over the other. This fact too can be a problem for Baker’s theory, as well as for any theory making use of a fixed Thematic Hierarchy. By reviewing the most salient features of Noun Incorporation Constructions in general, a theoretical apparatus is proposed which dispenses with the notion of head movement in favor of XP movement, yet preserves the idea of a Thematic Hierarchy by means of a phase-based model of word formation.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.19ron 06 10.1075/cilt.327.19ron 275 288 14 Article 19 01 04 Tuning morphosemantic transparency cby shortening Tuning morphosemantic transparency 
by shortening 01 04 A cross-linguistic perspective A cross-linguistic perspective 1 A01 01 JB code 675203563 Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Ronneberger-Sibold, Elke Elke Ronneberger-Sibold Catholic University of Eichstätt 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/675203563 01 eng 30 00

The central claim of this paper is that, besides phonological optimization, a major function of shortening words by different techniques such as clipping or acronymy is a controlled reduction of morphosemantic transparency in lexical domains, where partly or entirely opaque words are preferred to completely transparent ones. E.g., the functions of uniquely identifying and individualizing a referent by a proper name are better fulfilled by opaque labeling than by a transparent descriptive nomination. In fact, a study of shortening techniques used for official and commercial proper names contrasted with non-onymic words from the general lexicon and certain jargons in German, Farsi and Standard Chinese, three languages extremely different with respect to linguistic type and writing system, reveals a clear contrast between highly transparent shortenings preferred in the non-onymic lexicon versus less transparent or even opaque ones in the proper names, although the preferred shortening techniques themselves vary from language to language.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.20ser 06 10.1075/cilt.327.20ser 289 302 14 Article 20 01 04 Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface 01 04 Data from Hebrew Data from Hebrew 1 A01 01 JB code 363203564 Batia Seroussi Seroussi, Batia Batia Seroussi Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/363203564 01 eng 30 00

The paper concerns the structural factor of ‘root transparency’ in relation to the morphology-meaning interface in the mental lexicon of Hebrew. Semitic root structure was analyzed by comparing responses of native speakers of Hebrew on a set of written tasks. Target items included both nouns derived from transparent full triconsonantal roots (e.g. migdal “tower” from the root g-d-l) and nouns derived from more opaque defective biconsonantal roots (e.g. taxazit “forecast” from the root x-z-y). Responses to items based on full roots demonstrated that they were across-the-board more accessible and easier to process than their defective counterparts. Moreover, the difference between performance on items derived from full compared with defective roots was found to interface with phonology, semantics, and syntax, as well as with familiarity/frequency. These results indicate that root transparency plays an important and pervasive role in the mental lexicon of Hebrew.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.21tsu 06 10.1075/cilt.327.21tsu 303 314 12 Article 21 01 04 Mimetic verbs and meaning Mimetic verbs and meaning 1 A01 01 JB code 889203565 Natsuko Tsujimura Tsujimura, Natsuko Natsuko Tsujimura Indiana University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/889203565 01 eng 30 00

This paper will discuss several lexical semantic differences between mimetic verbs and conventional prosaic verbs in Japanese, and show that meaning for mimetic verbs calls for a treatment distinct from that of lexical verbs. Taking into account the notion of ‘affect-imagistic dimension’ (Kita 1997) in which a mimetic base is represented in terms of its images, I will argue that an analysis that incorporates the basic premise of frame semantics and construction grammar can accommodate the seemingly idiosyncratic and unconventional lexical semantic properties of mimetic verbs. The wide range of semantic frames of mimetic verbs is thus fed by the numerous images of the mimetic base and the specific constructions in which they appear.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.22wei 06 10.1075/cilt.327.22wei 315 330 16 Article 22 01 04 Mismatch verbs Mismatch verbs 01 04 A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents 1 A01 01 JB code 459203566 Philipp Weisser Weisser, Philipp Philipp Weisser University of Leipzig 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/459203566 01 eng 30 00

The term ‘deponent’ traditionally refers to a class of verbs in Latin or Greek which is characterized by a mismatch between their morphological form and their syntactic and semantic context. Deponent verbs appear in passive form but in active syntax/semantics. In this paper, I argue that this mismatch between form and function is not as uncommon as one might expect. In particular, I show that we find the same kind of mismatch with unaccusative verbs in many languages amongst which are English or the Romance languages. The argumentation will be based on a detailed investigation of how deponent and unaccusative verbs behave in all modules of the grammar. Based on the findings of this discussion, I propose a unified morphosyntactic analysis for deponents and unaccusatives. The analysis elegantly captures the particular behavior of these verbs by invoking two principles: Identity Avoidance and Lexical Override.

01 01 JB code cilt.327.23zom 06 10.1075/cilt.327.23zom 331 344 14 Article 23 01 04 The canonical function of the deponent cverbs in modern Greek The canonical function of the deponent 
verbs in modern Greek 1 A01 01 JB code 15203567 Katerina Zombolou Zombolou, Katerina Katerina Zombolou University of Stuttgart 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/15203567 2 A01 01 JB code 61203568 Artemis Alexiadou Alexiadou, Artemis Artemis Alexiadou University of Stuttgart 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/61203568 01 eng 30 00

The present paper discusses deponent verbs in Modern Greek. Deponents are claimed to be idiosyncratic, non-canonical verbs representing a mismatch between morphology and syntax/semantics, as they are intransitive verbs exhibiting a morphological form, non-active, without there being an active transitive counterpart. Since non-active morphology is standardly associated with de-transitivization, deponents are taken to be exceptional in this respect. We compiled a deponent-verb corpus of Modern Greek and examined its morphological, syntactic and semantic structure. The results of this study revealed that most deponent predicates are actually reflexives/reciprocals, anticausatives and passives; thus, they instantiate verbal alternations which typically surface with non-active morphological marking. For this reason, we conclude that the morphology of deponent verbs in Modern Greek has, contrary to their traditional definition, a canonical function.

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