Their performance on semicompositional word formation process of morphological. It presents a brandnew model of the meaningprediction of novel, contextfree naming units, relating the wordformation and wordinterpretation processes. More recent developments of lexical phonology and morphology. A tekauer presents and tests a general theory of meaning prediction which is intended to apply to a wide range of word formation types such as conversion and compounding. Wordformation in english this book is an introduction to the study of wordformation, that is, the ways in whichnewwordsarebuiltonthebasesofotherwordse. It presents a brandnew model of the meaning prediction of novel, contextfree naming units, relating the word formation and word interpretation processes. Compositional distributional semantic models cdsms have successfully been applied to the task of predicting the meaning of a range of linguistic constructions. Meaning predictability of novel contextfree compounds oxford. Pdf the scope of wordformation research researchgate. Can such a definition be extended so as to encompass aspects of the structure of word formation. Little attention has been paid to the meaning predictability of converted naming units.
Find 234 synonyms for predictability and other similar words that you can use instead based on 6 separate contexts from our thesaurus. Predictability meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Stekauers book is a highly interesting and original contribution to questions dealing with meaning predictability and word formation. Chapter 7 is devoted to two theoretical issues, the role of phonology in word formation, and the nature of word formation rules. Evidence from word formation with french entre and dutch tussenkristel van goethem.
It interrelates the wordformation and wordinterpretation models in order. Meaning predictability in word formation john benjamins. This book aims to contribute to a growing interest amongst psycholinguists and morphologists in the mechanisms of meaning predictability. It is demonstrated that various wordformation strategies reflecting a language users preference for semantic transparency or formal economy significantly affect the process of complex word. This article discusses some aspects of a theory of. Word formation pdf worksheets english vocabulary and. Pavol stekauer, meaning predictability in word formation. Stekauers approach will certainly stimulate new research in the field. The book is very wellwritten and provides an excellent and detailed overview of the relevant literature. Structure plays a limited role in meaning predictability indicating that analyses of wordformation processes from referent to word form may be more informative. Levels of analysis and description in wordformation research. Meaning predictability in word formation novel, contextfree naming units.
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