Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
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Definitions of productivity<br />
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1. The probability of a word formation pattern accepted as the<br />
model for new/potential words (Aronoff 1983: 163, fn. 1).<br />
2. The likelyhood that a pattern will apply to new forms<br />
(Bybee 1995: 430, Bybee and Thompson 1997: 384).<br />
3. The interaction between the potential of a morphological<br />
process to generate repetitive non-creative forms and the<br />
degree to which it is utilized in language use to yield new<br />
lexical items (Bauer 2001: 211).<br />
Bergen Jóhanna Barðdal June 5, 2008