Morphology and Meaning: Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 2012

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by  Franz Rainer, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky

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Volume 327
Franz Rainer, Francesco Gardani, Hans Christian Luschützky
and Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.)
Morphology and Meaning.
Selected papers from the 15th International Morphology Meeting,
Vienna, February 2012
MORPHOLOGY AND
MEANING
SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE 15TH
INTERNATIONAL MORPHOLOGY MEETING,
VIENNA, FEBRUARY 2012
Edited by
FRANZ RAINER
WU Vienna
FRANCESCO GARDANI
WU Vienna
HANS CHRISTIAN LUSCHÜTZKY
University of Vienna
WOLFGANG U. DRESSLER
University of Vienna
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International Morphology Meeting (15th : 2012 : Vienna, Austria)
Morphology and meaning : selected papers from the 15th International Morphology
Meeting, Vienna, February 2012 / Franz Rainer, Francesco Gardani, Hans
Christian Luschützky, Wolfgang U. Dressler (eds.).
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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, issn 0304-0763 ; v. 327)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology--Congresses. I. Rainer, Franz,
editor of compilation. II. Gardani, Francesco, 1975- editor of compilation. III.
Luschützky, Hans Christian, editor of compilation. IV. Dressler, Wolfgang U.,
1939- editor of compilation. V. Title. VI. Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory
and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ;
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Table of contents
Editors’ introduction
Morphology and meaning: An overview 3
Franz Rainer, Wolfgang U. Dressler, Francesco Gardani
and Hans Christian Luschützky
Plenary papers
Roots, concepts, and word structure: On the atoms of lexical semantics 49
Paolo Acquaviva
Between word formation and meaning change 7 1
Peter Koch
Indirect coding 9 7
Christian Lehmann
Section papers
Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes 127
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia
Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy 141
Iveta Chovanová and Pavel Štichauer
Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque
and transparent English compounds 153
Christina L. Gagné and Thomas L. Spalding
Inflection vs. derivation: The function and meaning of the Mordvin abessive 163
Arja Hamari
Discrepancy between form and meaning in word-formation:
The case of over- and under-marking in French 177
Nabil Hathout and Fiammetta Namer
 Morphology and Meaning
Compounds vs. phrases: The cognitive status of morphological products 191
Sven Kotowski, Katja Böer and Holden Härtl
Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables 205
Gary Libben and Silke Weber
The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation:
A view from construction morphology 223
Ana R. Luís
Semantic headedness and categorization of -cum- compounds 239
Ramón Martí Solano
German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation 249
Karlheinz Mörth and Wolfgang U. Dressler
On the form and meaning of double noun incorporation 259
Alessio Muro
Tuning morphosemantic transparency by shortening:
A cross-linguistic perspective 275
Elke Ronneberger-Sibold
Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface: Data from Hebrew 289
Batia Seroussi
Mimetic verbs and meaning 303
Natsuko Tsujimura
Mismatch verbs: A unified account of unaccusatives and deponents 315
Philipp Weisser
The canonical function of the deponent verbs in modern Greek 331
Katerina Zombolou and Artemis Alexiadou
Language index 345
Subject index 347
Editors’ introduction