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Semantic regularities in word formation

Geert Booij

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This paper discusses the problem how to account for regularities in the interpretation of complex words. It will be shown that in some cases the interpretation of a complex word is not completely determined by its morphological structure, but is the result of an interaction between linguistic structure and non-linguistic information. The consequences of this 'pragmatic' approach to the semantics of word formation processes for the theory of morphology will be discussed.

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Key concepts: Linguistics, Interpretation (philosophy), Word formation, Semantics (computer science), Word (group theory), Computer science, Semantic interpretation, Morphology (biology)