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From compounding to derivation The emergence of derivational affixes through “constructionalization”

  • Matthias Hüning EMAIL logo and Geert Booij
Published/Copyright: November 21, 2014
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Folia Linguistica
From the journal Folia Linguistica Volume 48 Issue 2

Abstract

The rise of new derivational affixes can be analyzed adequately as a case of “constructionalization” within the framework of Construction Morphology as developed by Booij (2010). We review some aspects and problems of previous accounts that view the emergence of derivational affixes as a case of grammaticalization or as a case of lexicalization, respectively. In line with recent developments in grammaticalization research, not the isolated element (word or affix) is viewed as the locus of change, but the complex word as a whole - seen as a “construction” in the sense of Construction Grammar - and its relation with other constructions. Morphological change can be conceived as constructional change at the word level.

Keywords: affixoid; constructionalization; constructional change; lexicalization; elative compound
Received: 2013-5-3
Accepted: 2013-9-26
Published Online: 2014-11-21
Published in Print: 2014-10-1

© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/flin.2014.019
Keywords for this article
affixoid; constructionalization; constructional change; lexicalization; elative compound

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. What is it then, this Grammaticalization?
  3. What counts as (an instance of) grammaticalization?
  4. Facing interfaces A clustering approach to grammaticalization and related changes
  5. Quo vadis grammaticalization theory? Why complex language change is like words
  6. What is secondary grammaticalization? Trying to see the wood for the trees in a confusion of interpretations
  7. Re(de)fining grammaticalization from a usage-based perspective Discursive ambiguity in innovation scenarios
  8. On the relationship between grammaticalization and constructionalization
  9. From compounding to derivation The emergence of derivational affixes through “constructionalization”
  10. MISCELLANEA
  11. INDEX TO VOLUME 48
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