Cognitive Perspectives on Word Formation

This volume is the first one to illuminate diverse aspects of word formation from cognitive perspectives. Guided by methodological pluralism, the contributions shed light on a variety of issues in word formation theory and on the interfaces between word formation and phraseology, phonology, and inflection. The majority of the studies focuses on individual types of word formation, reframing our understanding of these processes. Overall, the various contributions add to a yet marginal body of research in cognitive word formation and advance our awareness about the benefits of applying cognitive linguistic thoughts for investigating processes of lexical creation.

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction: Unravelling the cognitive in word formation	p. 1
Theory and interfaces in word formation
Word-formation or word formation? The formation of complex words in Cognitive Linguistics	p. 29
On the viability of cognitive morphology for explaining language change	p. 75
(Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: A Cognitive Grammar perspective	p. 97
Between phonology and morphology	p. 127
The role of grammatical gender in noun-formation: A diachronic perspective from Norwegian	p. 147
Adjective + Noun constructions between syntax and word formation in Dutch and German	p. 195
Theory and processes of word formation
Setting limits on creativity in the production and use of metaphorical and metonymical compounds	p. 219
Casting the conceptual spotlight: Hybrid compounding in German as an example of head-frame internal specifier selection	p. 243
Does love come from to love or to love from love? Why lexical motivation has to be regarded as bidirectional	p. 301
Doubler-upper nouns: A challenge for usage-based models of language?	p. 335
The influence of morphological structure on the processing of German prefixed verbs	p. 375
Harvesting and understanding on-line neologisms	p. 399
Subject Index	p. 421
Contributors	p. 429
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