Modeling locative prefix semantics. A formal account of the English verbal prefix out

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ID4580840
AuthorsSven Kotowski (0000-0002-4484-8949, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume33
Issue2
Pages115-152
Publication date2023-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMorphology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1871-5621 • E-ISSN: 1871-5656
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11525-023-09405-8
OpenAlexW4362579935
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited53

The English verbal prefixout- gives rise to at least two semantic categories: comparative forms as into outplay someoneand locative forms as into outstream from somewhere. While most available studies on the comparative sense rely on insufficient databases, systematic studies on the actual behavior of locative verbalout-forms are lacking altogether. Building on a set of more than 1,500 tokens culled from corpora, this study is the first to systematically analyze, formalize, and contrast the two senses. The formal analysis will be couched in frame semantics and model both individual attested examples as well as lexeme-formation rules based on generalizations. Formalizations of the two prefixes, and their implications, are shown to speak against an analysis of one underlying, underspecified prefix. Locativeout- essentially functions as a morphologically bound, and highly restricted, version ofout- as a particle, while comparativeout- is a highly specialized, idiosynchratic construction

Lexeme · Linguistics · Locative case · Natural language processing · Prefix · Programming language · Semantics (computer science · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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