Meaning predictability in word formation : novel, context-free naming units
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書誌事項
Meaning predictability in word formation : novel, context-free naming units
（Studies in functional and structural linguistics, v. 54）
J. Benjamins, c2005
- : Eur
- : US
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-282) and indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book aims to contribute to a growing interest amongst psycholinguists and morphologists in the mechanisms of meaning predictability. It presents a brand-new model of the meaning-prediction of novel, context-free naming units, relating the wordformation and wordinterpretation processes. Unlike previous studies, mostly focussed on N+N compounds, the scope of this book is much wider. It not only covers all types of complex words, but also discusses a whole range of predictability-boosting and -reducing conditions. Two measures are introduced, the Predictability Rate and the Objectified Predictability Rate, in order to compare the strength of predictable readings both within a word and relative to the most predictable readings of other coinages. Four extensive experiments indicate inter alia the equal predicting capacity of native and non-native speakers, the close interconnection between linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, the important role of prototypical semes, and the usual dominance of a single central reading.
目次
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. List of Abbreviations
- 3. Introduction
- 4. 1. Literature survey
- 5. 2. General word formation framework
- 6. 3. A theory of predictability
- 7. 4. The Experiments
- 8. 5. Conclusions
- 9. Notes
- 10. References
- 11. Author Index
- 12. Subject Index
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