Morphology and Lexical Semantics

Half-title......Page 2
Series-title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 Features......Page 26
1.1 The problem: the meaning of -er and -ee......Page 28
1.2.1 Major ontological classes......Page 33
1.2.2 Inferable Eventual Position or State......Page 40
1.3 Towards a solution......Page 46
1.4 Wider implications: the paradigmatic nature of affixal semantics......Page 48
1.5 Conclusion......Page 54
2 Co-indexation......Page 56
2.1 Co-indexation and compounding in English......Page 57
2.1.1 Root compounds......Page 59
2.1.2 Synthetic compounds......Page 65
2.1.3 Root interpretation of synthetic compounds......Page 70
2.2 Co-indexation in derivation......Page 71
2.3 Sentience, volitionality, and the semantic body......Page 82
2.4 Rogue cases: -er and paradigmatic extension......Page 83
2.5 Conclusion......Page 86
3.1.1 Data......Page 87
3.1.2 Past analyses......Page 89
3.1.3 “-ize,” “-ify”: core cases......Page 92
3.1.4 Non-core cases: performatives and similatives......Page 97
3.1.5 Summary......Page 99
3.2 Conversion and the creation of new verbs......Page 100
3.3 Paradigmatic extension and the case of -ize......Page 106
3.4 Conclusion......Page 107
4 Extending the system – location......Page 109
4.1 Time/space features......Page 110
4.2 Location in derivation......Page 119
4.2.1 Privative affixes......Page 120
4.2.2 Negative affixes......Page 122
4.2.2.1 [-Loc] on verbal bases......Page 126
4.2.2.2 [-Loc] on adjectival bases......Page 128
4.2.2.3 [-Loc] on nominal bases......Page 134
4.2.3 Prepositional affixes......Page 136
4.3 Conclusion......Page 144
5 Extending the system – quantity......Page 146
5.1 Quantity features......Page 147
5.2 Comparison to Jackendoff (1991, 1996)......Page 150
5.3 More on telicity......Page 154
5.4.1 The prefix “re-”......Page 156
5.4.2 The suffixes “-ery” and “-age”......Page 159
5.4.3 A word about inflection......Page 162
5.5 Conclusion......Page 164
6 Combinability and the correspondence between form and meaning......Page 165
6.1.1 Non-semantic approaches to affix ordering......Page 166
6.1.2 Specific semantic constraints......Page 169
6.1.3 Derivational redundancy......Page 172
6.1.5 Addendum: redeeming a promissory note......Page 177
6.2 Cumulativity and recursivity: when do complex words cease to be useful?......Page 178
6.3.1 Empty morphs......Page 181
6.3.2 Semantic subtraction......Page 185
6.4 Conclusion......Page 188
7 Looking back, looking forward......Page 189
References......Page 194
Index......Page 202