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Metaphor, Metonymy and Lexicogenesis
Andrew Goatly
[Human Cognitive Processing 78] 2024
► pp. 194–225

Chapter 8
De-motivation and re-motivation

Article outline
  • 8.1Introduction
  • 8.2Noun referents and the recognition of sources
    • 8.2.1The lexical-grammatical word cline and grammaticalisation
    • 8.2.2Noun properties, in contrast with verbs’, metaphor and metonymy
    • 8.2.3Evidence in the research literature
  • 8.3Productivity, processing of derivatives, and metaphor/metonymy
    • 8.3.1How do we measure productivity of affixes?
    • 8.3.2Whole-word route or de-compositional route for affixations
    • 8.3.3Productivity, transparency/predictability and metaphor
    • 8.3.4Frequency, productivity, and recognition of metaphor/metonymy
  • 8.4Formal indications of de-motivation: Transparency, predictability, and burying
    • 8.4.1Form and word-class preserving
    • 8.4.2Conversions
    • 8.4.3Phrasal compounds, phrasal verbs and idioms
    • 8.4.4Word compounds
    • 8.4.5Affixed derivatives
    • 8.4.6Affixed derivatives with phonological/orthographic changes
    • 8.4.7Abbreviation: Truncation, blending, initialism, acronymy
    • 8.4.8Classical and foreign burying
    • 8.4.9De-motivation and euphemism
  • 8.5Re-motivation
    • 8.5.1Phonological attraction and folk etymology
    • 8.5.2Folk etymology, re-analysis and re-motivation
  • 8.6Summary and caveats
  • Notes
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