Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Editors’ introduction
4. Morphology and meaning 3
5. Plenary papers
6. Roots, concepts, and word structure 49
7. Between word formation and meaning change 71
8. Indirect coding 97
9. Section papers
10. Diachrony and the polysemy of derivational affixes 127
11. Possessive compounds in Slavic and the Principle of Integrated Meronymy 141
12. Relation diversity and ease of processing for opaque and transparent English compounds 153
13. Inflection vs. derivation 163
14. Discrepancy between form and meaning in word-formation 177
15. Compounds vs. phrases 191
16. Semantic transparency, compounding, and the nature of independent variables 205
17. The layering of form and meaning in creole word-formation 223
18. Semantic headedness and categorization of - cum - compounds 239
19. German plural doublets with and without meaning differentiation 249
20. On the form and meaning of double noun incorporation 259
21. Tuning morphosemantic transparency by shortening 275
22. Root transparency and the morphology-meaning interface 289
23. Mimetic verbs and meaning 303
24. Mismatch verbs 315
25. The canonical function of the deponent verbs in modern Greek 331
26. Language index 345
27. Subject index 347