Idiomatic verb-clitic constructions: lexicalization and productivity

• Main Author: Masini, Francesca
• Format: Online
• Language: English
• Published: Mediterranean Morphology Meetings (MMM) 2015
• Subjects: 0; computational morphology; paradigms; inflection; derivation; Levenshtein distance; morphological processing; stem frequency; Italian; masked priming; compound formation; morphological productivity; productivity measures; corpus-based statistical methods; suspended affixation; Lexical Integrity Hypothesis; derivational suffixes; coordination; roots; Hebrew; Spanish; cross-linguistic; motion events; typological change; Latin linguistics; sytem; usage; compounding; Italian; overabundance; number inflection; reciprocals; reflexives; templates; Hebrew; collective and distributive; root; features; morphology; periphrasis

In her paper, Francesca Masini ι (Idiomatic verb-clitic constructions: from lexicalization to productivity) proposes a constructionist analysis of verb-clitic combinations in Italian that are characterized by non-compositional semantics and structural fixedness. Although most of these formations are the result of lexicalization, she shows that one verb-clitic combination has developed into an independent semi-specified and semi-productive construction with emphatic meaning.