| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 288 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in functional and structural linguistics (SFSL),
0165-7712 ;
v. 54
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Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; v. 54.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and indexes. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Cover -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
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Onomasiology.
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Onomasiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Štekauer, Pavol. Meaning predictability in word formation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005 1588116336 9027215634 (DLC) 2005042125 (OCoLC)57541139 |
| ISBN |
1423761014 (electronic book) |
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9781423761013 (electronic book) |
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9789027215635 |
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9027215634 (Trade Cloth) |
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9781588116338 |
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1588116336 |
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9789027294562 |
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9027294569 |
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1282156845 |
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9781282156845 |
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