Morphology in English: Word Formation in Cognitive GrammarMorphology in English is a text which provides an in-depth analysis of the branch of linguistics which studies the formation of composite words and the form-meaning relationships between their subparts. It takes a cognitive viewpoint and provides full coverage of the essential topics of prefixation, suffixation and compounding. It covers categorization, configuration and conceptualization and enables readers to recognize the complexity of the English lexical system. It demonstrates the pivotal role which morphemes play in the expansion of a languages lexical store. The book combines two aspects of language: word formation and semantic distinctions regarding usage, enabling readers to understand the formation of composite words and their use in natural language. The book features: clear layout accessible style explicit definitions vivid illustrations actual data examples exercises further reading appendices companion website with full answer set |
Contents
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| 17 | |
2 Cognitive Mechanisms | 30 |
3 Cognitive Operations | 42 |
4 Prefixal Categories | 57 |
5 Prefixal Domains | 83 |
6 Prefixal Construals | 102 |
7 Suffixal Categories | 123 |
10 Compound Categories | 203 |
11 Compound Domains | 217 |
12 Compound Construals | 234 |
Appendices | 252 |
Further Reading | 258 |
Glossary | 262 |
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adjectival bases adjectival pairs adjectival roots adjectival suffixes adjectives ending adjectives includes affix agent nouns agenthood analysability bases are abstract bound morpheme chapter cognitive assumption Cognitive Grammar Cognitive Linguistics collocates with nouns combining common composite structure composite word compositionality compound pair conceptual construal contexts contrast derivational morpheme derives adjectives derives nouns different facets domain domain theory endocentric evoked Exercise exocentric feature free morpheme function head human ical lexeme lexical item linguistic negative prefixes nominal bases nominal modifier nominal pairs nominal roots nominal suffixes nouns referring objects peripheral pheme phonological polysemy prototype relationship represents result roots are abstract roots are concrete roots are in)transitive roots are transitive schema second facet semantic network sense appears sense arises sense emerges sense follows sense occurs sense surfaces signified situation someone speaker specific sub)domains substructures suffix ive symbolized thing denoted thing described thing named verbal roots word class word formation