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The Construction of Words

Advances in Construction Morphology

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Editors:
  1. Geert Booij

    1. Leiden University Center of Linguistics, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  • The first volume with applications and extensions of the model of Construction Morphology to a wide range of languages
  • Deals with data from various domains of linguistics, thus contributing to a graceful integration of findings from various sub-disciplines of linguistics into a common model of the architecture of language
  • Provides inspiration for further research on the morphological aspects of language
  • Offers deeper insight in how to deal with morphology in Construction Grammar approaches to language

Part of the book series: Studies in Morphology (SUMO, volume 4)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Construction of Words: Introduction and Overview

      • Geert Booij
      Pages 3-16

  3. Theoretical Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Modeling Signifiers in Constructional Approaches to Morphological Analysis

      • Jeff Good
      Pages 19-57

    3. Partial Motivation, Multiple Motivation: The Role of Output Schemas in Morphology

      • Geert Booij, Jenny Audring
      Pages 59-80

    4. Schemas and Discontinuity in Italian: The View from Construction Morphology

      • Francesca Masini, Claudio Iacobini
      Pages 81-109

    5. A Construction-Based Approach to Multiple Exponence

      • Gabriela Caballero, Sharon Inkelas
      Pages 111-139

    6. A Construction Morphology Approach to Sign Language Analysis

      • Ryan Lepic, Corrine Occhino
      Pages 141-172

  4. Studies of Specific Languages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Combinatorial Morphology in Visual Languages

      • Neil Cohn
      Pages 175-199

    3. De-adjectival Human Nouns in French

      • Dany Amiot, Delphine Tribout
      Pages 201-217

    4. The Construction Morphology Analysis of Chinese Word Formation

      • Giorgio Francesco Arcodia, Bianca Basciano
      Pages 219-253

    5. Super-Complexity and the Status of ‘Word’ in Gunwinyguan Languages of Australia

      • Brett Baker
      Pages 255-286

    6. Phrasal Names in Polish: A+N, N+A and N+N Units

      • Bożena Cetnarowska
      Pages 287-313

    7. Arabic Nonconcatenative Morphology in Construction Morphology

      • Stuart Davis, Natsuko Tsujimura
      Pages 315-339

    8. Foreign Word-Formation in Construction Morphology: Verbs in -ieren in German

      • Matthias Hüning
      Pages 341-371

    9. Japanese Word Formation in Construction Morphology

      • Natsuko Tsujimura, Stuart Davis
      Pages 373-398

    10. The Hulle and Goed Constructions in Afrikaans

      • Gerhard B. van Huyssteen
      Pages 399-437

  5. Diachronic Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 439-439
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Keywords

About this book

This volume focuses on detailed studies of various aspects of Construction Morphology, and combines theoretical analysis and descriptive detail. It deals with data from several domains of linguistics and contributes to an integration of findings from various subdisciplines of linguistics into a common model of the architecture of language. It presents applications and extensions of the model of Construction Morphology to a wide range of languages.

Construction Morphology is one of the theoretical paradigms in present-day morphology. It makes use of concepts of Construction Grammar for the analysis of word formation and inflection. Complex words are seen as constructions, that is, pairs of form and meaning. Morphological patterns are accounted for by construction schemas. These are the recipes for coining new words and word forms, and they motivate the properties of existing complex words. Both schemas and individual words are stored, and hence there is no strict separation of lexicon and grammar. In addition to abstract schemas there are subschemas for subclasses of complex words with specific properties. This architecture of the grammar is in harmony with findings from other empirical domains of linguistics such as language acquisition, word processing, and language change.

Reviews

“This book is a valuable resource as it provides new approaches and answers to issues involving word structure in general as well as morphological phenomena in specific languages. … the volume is a unified piece of work in terms of content and formatting. All the articles in the book are formatted in a consistent way. The cited works are all included in the references.” (Saizhu Hu, The Linguist List, linguistlist.org, November, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leiden University Center of Linguistics, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Geert Booij

About the editor

Geert Booij is emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Leiden, and the author of a large number of articles and books on phonology and morphology.  His present research focuses on theories of the architecture of grammar, in particular Construction Morphology. He is a founder and former editor of the journal Morphology and its predecessor, the series Yearbook of Morphology.  He is an honorary member of the Linguistic Society of America. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Construction of Words

  • Book Subtitle: Advances in Construction Morphology

  • Editors: Geert Booij

  • Series Title: Studies in Morphology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74394-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74393-6Published: 26 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08979-5Published: 24 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74394-3Published: 13 April 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2214-0042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-0050

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 622

  • Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Morphology, Syntax, Lexicology/Vocabulary

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