Historical Semantics - Historical Word-Formation (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Book 29)

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. Preface 5 List of conference participants 11 The ordering of nominal compounds in Irish 15 The semantic development of will 25 Semantic shifts in Korean honoriflcation 37 Prefixal negation of English adjectives: psycholinguistic dimensions of productivity 47 Cross-linguistic comparison and the development of grammatical meaning 73 Derivation, inflection, and semantic change in the development of the Chukchi verb paradigm 99 Suppletion in word-formation 111 Etymology and the lexical semantics of the Old English preverb be- 127 Cognitive restrictions on the structure of semantic change 141 On the origin of the suffix -ly 169 Gender systems and semanticity: two case histories from Bantu 185 Segmental phonology and word-formation: agency and abstraction in the history of Irish 213 Deverbal nouns in Old and Modern English: from stem-formation to word-formation 235 Where do concessives come from? On the development of concessive connectives 277 The influence of semantic fields on semantic change 297 On semantic change in a dynamic model of language 311 Contact-induced semantic change and innovation 339 Inferential features in historical semantics 353 Diachronic irreversibility in word-formation and semantics 369 Semantic development of borrowings 381 Etymology and semantics. Theoretical considerations apropos of an analysis of the etymological problem of Spanish mañero, mañeria 391 Lexical and syntactic semantics in historical aspect 411 The synchrony-diachrony division in word-formation 421 A historical perspective on the productivity of the suffixes -ness and -ity 449 Word-formation, learned vocabulary and linguistic maturation 477 LaƷamon’s compound nouns and their morphology 497 On the functional development of repetition in Antiguan Creole morphology, syntax, and discourse 547 Modality and semantic change 561 The lexicological analysis of older stages of languages 587 ‘Left’ or ‘right’? 597 Index of authors 611 Index of languages 619 TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.