| Measuring Productivity in Word Formation: The Case of Israeli Hebrew Contributor(s): Bolozky, Shmuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004112529 ISBN-13: 9789004112520 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Morphological productivity is the likelihood of a morphological pattern being used or comprehended in new word formation. Three methods of measuring productivity of word formation are proposed productivity tests (open-ended and judgment tasks), dictionary comparison (newer with older dictionaries, supplements with earlier versions), and the ratio of "hapax legomena to tokens in corpora. Processes which score highly by all three criteria can safely be regarded as productive. The model is examined in light of data from Israeli Hebrew, which as a Semitic language offers a rich array of discontinuous and linear derivation patterns. The Hebrew data also support the claims that in essence, lexical formation is semantically based; that it is constrained by a requirement for distinctiveness; and that it may vary significantly with the type of derivation base. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Hebrew - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 492.45 |
| LCCN: 98036385 |
| Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.74" W x 9.6" (1.36 lbs) 253 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Morphological productivity is the likelihood of a morphological pattern being used or comprehended in new word formation. Three methods of measuring productivity of word formation are proposed productivity tests (open-ended and judgment tasks), dictionary comparison (newer with older dictionaries, supplements with earlier versions), and the ratio of hapax legomena to tokens in corpora. Processes which score highly by all three criteria can safely be regarded as productive. The model is examined in light of data from Israeli Hebrew, which as a Semitic language offers a rich array of discontinuous and linear derivation patterns. The Hebrew data also support the claims that in essence, lexical formation is semantically based; that it is constrained by a requirement for distinctiveness; and that it may vary significantly with the type of derivation base. |