| The Construction of Words: Advances in Construction Morphology Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Booij, Geert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030089797 ISBN-13: 9783030089795 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Morphology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary |
| Dewey: 401.4 |
| Series: Studies in Morphology |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.93 lbs) 622 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |