Stekauers book is a highly interesting and original contribution to questions dealing with meaning predictability and word formation. Chapter 7 is devoted to two theoretical issues, the role of phonology in word formation, and the nature of word formation rules. An integrated theory of wordformation and wordinterpretation. Predictability of distributional semantics in derivational word.
Pdf onomasiological theory of word formation researchgate. It interrelates the wordformation and wordinterpretation models in order. Meaning predictability in word formation novel, contextfree naming units. It presents a brandnew model of the meaning prediction of novel, contextfree naming units, relating the word formation and word interpretation processes. Structure plays a limited role in meaning predictability indicating that analyses of wordformation processes from referent to word form may be more informative. This article discusses some aspects of a theory of. Levels of analysis and description in wordformation research. More recent developments of lexical phonology and morphology. Articles worksheets are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results.
Paradigm morphology be used to make sense of derivational paradigms. Find 234 synonyms for predictability and other similar words that you can use instead based on 6 separate contexts from our thesaurus. Pavol stekauer, meaning predictability in word formation. Meaning predictability in word formation john benjamins. This chapter deals with the predictability of meanings of novel contextfree compounds. Stekauers approach will certainly stimulate new research in the field. Little attention has been paid to the meaning predictability of converted naming units. Pdf the scope of wordformation research researchgate. A tekauer presents and tests a general theory of meaning prediction which is intended to apply to a wide range of word formation types such as conversion and compounding. Predictability in inflection and word formation cnrs. Meaning predictability of novel contextfree compounds oxford. Compositional distributional semantic models cdsms have successfully been applied to the task of predicting the meaning of a range of linguistic constructions. Predictability definition in the cambridge english.
It is demonstrated that various wordformation strategies reflecting a language users preference for semantic transparency or formal economy significantly affect the process of complex word. Their performance on semicompositional word formation process of morphological. The book is very wellwritten and provides an excellent and detailed overview of the relevant literature. Predictability meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Can such a definition be extended so as to encompass aspects of the structure of word formation. Evidence from word formation with french entre and dutch tussenkristel van goethem.
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