Expanding the Lexicon

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2018

Expanding the Lexicon

Linguistic Innovation, Morphological Productivity, and Ludicity

Edited by: Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Angelika Braun, Claudine Moulin and Esme Winter-Froemel

Volume 5 in the series The Dynamics of Wordplay

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501933

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About this book

The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic processes in the lexicon – understood in a wide sense as not being necessarily limited to the word level – by bringing together approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing changes as well as with historical processes of change in different languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical innovation as well as on their external conditions and the speakers’ motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way, the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a highly dynamic domain.

Author information

Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Angelika Braun, Claudine Moulin and Esme Winter-Froemel, University of Trier, Germany.

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Frontmatter Accessible Download PDF	I
Contents Accessible Download PDF	V
Expanding the Lexicon: At the crossroads of innovation, productivity, and ludicity Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Angelika Braun, Claudine Moulin and Esme Winter-Froemel Open Access Download PDF	1
I. Linguistic Innovation
Expanding the lexicon through formulaic patterns Natalia Filatkina Open Access Download PDF	15
Complex words in the early medieval Leges Barbarorum and their contribution to expanding the Old High German lexicon Anette Kremer and Stefanie Stricker Open Access Download PDF	43
Free usage of German unique components Sören Stumpf Open Access Download PDF	67
II. Morphological Productivity
The phonetics of newly derived words: Testing the effect of morphological segmentability on affix duration Ingo Plag and Sonia Ben Hedia Open Access Download PDF	93
How stress reflects meaning Marcel Schlechtweg Open Access Download PDF	117
Expanding the lexicon by truncation: Variability, recoverability, and productivity Sabine Arndt-Lappe Open Access Download PDF	141
III. Ludicity
Approaching wordplay from the angle of phonology and phonetics – examples from German Angelika Braun Open Access Download PDF	173
Playful nonce-formations in French: Creativity and productivity Georgette Dal and Fiammetta Namer Open Access Download PDF	203
Ludicity in lexical innovation (I) – French Esme Winter-Froemel Open Access Download PDF	229
Ludicity in lexical innovation (II) – German Claudine Moulin Open Access Download PDF	261
Appendix
List of Abstracts / Liste des résumés Open Access Download PDF	289
List of Contributors and Editors Open Access Download PDF	297
Index Open Access Download PDF	301

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Sprachwissenschaftler (Allgemeine und historische Sprachwissenschaft; deutsche, englische und romanische Sprachwissenschaft)
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 15
Keywords: Lexical Change; Linguistic Innovation; Productivity; Discourse

eBook

Published: January 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110501933

Hardcover

Published: January 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110500844

Paperback

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110684940