An Onomasiological Theory of English Word-Formation
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 independent component, interrelated with the lexical component by supplying it with new naming units, and by making use of the word-formation bases of naming units stored in the Lexicon. The relation to the Syntactic component is only mediated through the Lexical component.
In addition, the book presents a new approach to productivity. It is maintained that word-formation processes are as productive as syntactic processes. This radically new approach provides simple answers to a number of traditional problems of word-formation.
Word-formation is conceived of as an independent component, interrelated with the lexical component by supplying it with new naming units, and by making use of the word-formation bases of naming units stored in the Lexicon. The relation to the Syntactic component is only mediated through the Lexical component.
In addition, the book presents a new approach to productivity. It is maintained that word-formation processes are as productive as syntactic processes. This radically new approach provides simple answers to a number of traditional problems of word-formation.
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 46] 1998. x, 192 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Contents | p. vii
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Abbreviations | p. ix
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Introduction | p. 1
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Chapter I: An Onomasiological Theory of Word-Fornation | p. 7
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Chapter II: The Place of the Word Foundation Component | p. 21
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Chapter III: Productivity | p. 73
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Chapter IV: Applications | p. 127
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Conclusions | p. 163
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Notes | p. 165
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Suject Index | p. 185
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Name Index | p. 191
“Ingesamt gesehen kann das vorliegende Buch als ein anregender und aufschlußreicher Diskussionsbeitrag zur onomasiologischen Betrachtung der englischen Wortbildung gewertet werden.”
Klaus Hansen, Berlin in ZFA&A
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General