The Semantics of word formation and lexicalization. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pius ten Hacken and Claire Thomas.
• Authors: Hacken, Pius ten
• Contents: Word formation, meaning and lexicalization -- Semiproductivity and the place of word formation in grammar -- Lexicalization in generative morphology and conceptual structue -- Term formation in a special language -- Nominal compounds as naming devices -- Semantic and formal structure -- The semantics of lexical modification -- Semantic transparency and anaphoric islands -- Semantic coindexation -- Deverbal nominalizations in English -- Degrees of lexicalization in Ancient Greek deverbal nouns -- How many factors influence the meaning of denominal an deadjectival verbs? -- Analysing en- and its Romance equivalens in Jackenduff's conceptual structure -- Semantics of diminutivization.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 318 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 415.9 23; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation; Semantics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Reference; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation; Semantics; Languages; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748689613; 0748689613; 0748695230; 9780748695232
• Related ISBNs: 0748689605; 9780748689606
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-308) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.