Meaning Predictability in Word Formation Novel, Context-Free Naming Units
| Author/creator | Stekauer, Pavol Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company [Distributor] |
| Description | xxii, 289 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Studies in Functional and Structural Linquistics Ser. Vol. 54 |
| Summary | Annotation 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005042125 |
| ISBN | 9789027215635 |
| ISBN | 9027215634 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00323570 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |