Derivational Networks Across Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 340)

This pioneering research brings a new insight into derivational processes in terms of theory, method and typology. Theoretically, it conceives of derivation as a three-dimensional system. Methodologically, it introduces a range of parameters for the evaluation of derivational networks, including the derivational role, combinability and blocking effects of semantic categories, the maximum derivational potential and its actualization in relation to simple underived words, and the maximum and average number of orders of derivation. Each language-specific chapter has a unified structure, which made it possible to identify - in the final, typologically oriented chapter - the systematicity and regularity in developing derivational networks in a sample of forty European languages and in a few language genera and families. This is supported by considerations about the role of word-classes, morphological types, and the differences and similarities between word-formation processes of the languages belonging to the same genus/family. Preface 5 Contents 7 Abbreviations 11 1 Introduction 13 2 Introduction to Slavic languages 39 3 Derivational networks in Bulgarian 45 4 Derivational networks in Croatian 55 5 Derivational networks in Czech 65 6 Derivational networks in Polish 77 7 Derivational networks in Russian 87 8 Derivational networks in Serbian 97 9 Derivational networks in Slovak 105 10 Derivational networks in Slovene 117 11 Derivational networks in Ukrainian 127 12 Introduction to Germanic languages 139 13 Derivational networks in Danish 141 14 Derivational networks in Dutch 149 15 Derivational networks in English 159 16 Derivational networks in Frisian 169 17 Derivational networks in German 179 18 Derivational networks in Icelandic 191 19 Derivational networks in Norwegian 201 20 Derivational networks in Swedish 215 21 Introduction to Romance languages 225 22 Derivational networks in Catalan 229 23 Derivational networks in French 241 24 Derivational networks in Galician 251 25 Derivational networks in Italian 263 26 Derivational networks in Portuguese 273 27 Derivational networks in Romanian 285 28 Derivational networks in Spanish 297 29 Introduction to Celtic languages 307 30 Derivational networks in Irish 311 31 Derivational networks in Welsh 321 32 Introduction to Baltic languages 331 33 Derivational networks in Latvian 335 34 Derivational networks in Lithuanian 345 35 Derivational networks in Greek 359 36 Introduction to Uralic languages 373 37 Derivational networks in Estonian 377 38 Derivational networks in Finnish 385 39 Derivational networks in Hungarian 397 40 Derivational networks in North Saami 411 41 Introduction to Tatar and Turkish 421 42 Derivational networks in Tatar 423 43 Derivational networks in Turkish 435 44 Derivational networks in Chechen 447 45 Derivational networks in Dargwa 455 46 Derivational networks in Basque 467 47 Derivational networks in Georgian 477 48 Derivational networks in Maltese 487 49 Derivational networks in European languages: A cross-linguistic perspective 497 Index 621

This pioneering research brings a new insight into derivational processes in terms of theory, method and typology.

Theoretically, it conceives of derivation as a three-dimensional system. Methodologically, it introduces a range of parameters for the evaluation of derivational networks, including the derivational role, combinability and blocking effects of semantic categories, the maximum derivational potential and its actualization in relation to simple underived words, and the maximum and average number of orders of derivation.

Each language-specific chapter has a unified structure, which made it possible to identify – in the final, typologically oriented chapter – the systematicity and regularity in developing derivational networks in a sample of forty European languages and in a few language genera and families. This is supported by considerations about the role of word-classes, morphological types, and the differences and similarities between word-formation processes of the languages belonging to the same genus/family.