The Construction of Words: Advances in Construction Morphology

Intro
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Part I Introduction
The Construction of Words: Introduction and Overview
1 Introduction
2 Schemas and Subschemas
3 Non-concatenative Morphology
4 The Demarcation of Morphology and Syntax
5 Paradigmatic Relationships and Bracketing Paradoxes
6 The Interface of Morphology and Phonology
7 Diachronic Construction Morphology
8 Psycholinguistics
References
Part II Theoretical Issues
Modeling Signifiers in Constructional Approaches to Morphological Analysis
1 Linking the Signifier to the Signified
2 The Theoretical Context for This Study 3 The Shapes of Signifiers3.1 The Limits of Linearity
3.2 Signifier Deviations
3.2.1 A Typology of Non-canonical Signifier Structures
3.2.2 Significative Absence
3.2.3 Discontinuities in Signifier Structure
3.2.4 Signifiers of Defective Signs
3.2.5 A Relative Signifier
3.2.6 A ``Sheared'' Signifier
3.2.7 Phonologically-Blocked Signifiers
3.2.8 Towards a Signifier Typology
4 Templates as ``Constructive Signifiers''
4.1 The Building Blocks of Signifiers
4.2 A Morphophonological Template: Tiene Verb Stems
4.3 A Morphosyntactic Example: The Nimboran Verb
4.4 Constraining Signifiers 5 Arbitrary But Not Unsystematic? Sign-Signifier Pairings6 Conclusion
References
Partial Motivation, Multiple Motivation: The Role of Output Schemas in Morphology
1 Introduction
2 The Motivation of Dutch Verbs in -elen
2.1 Type I and Type II Verbs
2.2 Type III Verbs
2.3 Structural Ambiguity
2.4 Complex Verbs
3 Verbs in -eren
4 Parallels Between Dutch, German and English
5 Adjectives and Verb Stems in -ig
6 Nouns in -er
7 Conclusions
References
Schemas and Discontinuity in Italian: The View from Construction Morphology
1 Introduction 2 Case-Study 1: Particle Verbs and Discontinuous Idioms3 Case-Study 2: Bracketing Paradoxes
4 Case-Study 3: Parasynthesis
4.1 Theoretical Debate and Core Properties
4.2 The Emergence of Parasynthetic Verbs within Verbal Derivation
4.3 Properties of Parasynthetic Constructions
4.4 A Network of Parasynthetic Constructions
5 Case-Study 4: Discontinuous Reduplication with Numerals
6 Conclusion
References
A Construction-Based Approach to Multiple Exponence
1 Introduction
2 What Is Multiple Exponence?
3 A Descriptive Typology of ME
4 Optimal Construction Morphology 4.1 The Constructicon4.2 Exponence Strength
4.3 Constraints
4.3.1 Faithfulness
4.3.2 Well-Formedness
4.4 Multiple Exponence in OCM
4.4.1 Harris' Type 3 ("Reinforcement")
4.4.2 Harris' Type 2 ("Alternating")
5 Agreement in Compound Structures As a Source of Multiple Exponence
6 Multiple Exponence As Agreement in Compound Structures
6.1 Stem-to-Stem Identity Involving Inflection: Noon and Camling
6.2 Stem-to-Stem Identity Involving Derivation
6.3 Case Study: Lusoga Multiple Exponence
7 Conclusion
References
A Construction Morphology Approach to Sign Language Analysis