Meaning Predictability In Word Formation

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Meaning Predictability in Word Formation

Meaning Predictability in Word Formation
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9027215634
ISBN-13 : 9789027215635
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Book Synopsis Meaning Predictability in Word Formation by : Pavol Štekauer

Download or read book Meaning Predictability in Word Formation written by Pavol Štekauer and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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