Full Description
This volume contributes a wider approach to word formation processes and sheds light on some unsolved issues. While the formal relationships established between the different constituents of a complex word have been analyzed in great depth, the semantic links have received little dedication. In order to complete the analysis, it is necessary to pay attention to the semantic properties associated to verbalization. The main purpose of the book is to integrate both the semantic proposals and the formal perspectives concerning word formation. This theoretical aim becomes the framework to study several mechanisms of lexical creation and neologisms. Furthermore, word formation is presented as a new source for Applied Linguistics. Although the volume uses Spanish as a starting point, it means to delimit formation patterns which may also be productive in other languages. This book is sure to become an important reference in the controversial field of word formation.
Contents
1. Preface (by Cifuentes Honrubia, Jose Luis); 2. List of contributors; 3. On meteorological denominal verbs in Spanish: Syntactic-semantic properties and argument relationships (by Barrajon Lopez, Elisa); 4. Instrumental verb formation: A conceptual approach (by Bolanos Navalon, Javier); 5. Conflation processes in the formation of Spanish verbs with a prepositional object (by Candalija Reina, Jose Antonio); 6. Spanish deadjectival verbs and argument structure (by Cifuentes Honrubia, Jose Luis); 7. Sensory-emotional denominal causative verbs (by Lavale Ortiz, Ruth Maria); 8. Morphology and pragmatics of affixal negation: Evidence from Spanish des- (by Rodriguez Rosique, Susana); 9. Deverbal nouns with the suffix -dura (by Martin Garcia, Josefa); 10. On protagonizar 'an event' and the scope of the concept of 'light verb' (by Martinez Linares, Maria Antonia); 11. The relationship between verb-noun in derivational series (by Pena Seijas, Jesus); 12. Nominalizations of transfer verbs: Blocking, constraints and competition between affixes (by Rifon Sanchez, Antonio); 13. Base selection and prefixing: The prefix des- (by Serrano Dolader, David); 14. Phonetic adaptation and derivational morphological development of foreign words in Spanish in the dpd (by Berna Sicilia, Celia); 15. From Latin super- to Spanish sobre-: Aspects on semantic evolution in verb formation (by Cifuentes Honrubia, Jose Luis); 16. Word formation processes and proposals for the classification of formal neologisms (by Diaz Hormigo, Maria Tadea); 17. The concept of light in Spanish denominal verbs: A cognitive analysis (by Fernandez Jaen, Jorge); 18. Metaphors as a source of lexical creation in the field of wine criticism (by Planelles Ivanez, Montserrat); 19. On deverbal word formation as condensation of previous mental patterns (by Ramon Trives, Estanislao); 20. Lexical collocations and the learning of Spanish as a foreign language: State of the art and future projects (by Higueras Garcia, Marta); 21. Denominal verbs in Ele/El2 classroom (a didactic approach) (by Roca Marin, Santiago); 22. Author index; 23. Subject index
