Part 1.Competition in affixation

Chapter 2.A lexicalist approach to affixal rivalry and its explanatory basis34

Akiko Nagano

Chapter 3.Actional nominalization in Present-Day English in the light
of the Referenced Index of Competition72

Jesús Fernández-Domínguez

Chapter 4.Measuring affix rivalry as a gradient relationship104

Justine Salvadori

Rossella Varvara

Richard Huyghe

Chapter 5.Exploring linguistic competition in English derivatives
ending in ‑ie and ‑o through a cognitive-onomasiological approach139

Elizaveta Tarasova

José Antonio Sánchez Fajardo

Chapter 6.Diminutive formation in Modern Greek: Variation and competition176

Angeliki Efthymiou

Part 2.Macro-level competition, the lexicon and its interfaces

Chapter 7.Competition between affixation and conversion
in Present-Day English denominal verbs208

Chloé Debouzie

Chapter 8.A diachronic perspective on competition in denominal verb formation in Italian247

Claudio Iacobini

Maria Pina De Rosa

Chapter 9.Competition of lexicon vs. pragmatics in word formation: Japanese lexical V-V compounds and argument synthesis275

Kazuhiko Fukushima

Chapter 10.[N1 + N2], [N + A], and [N1 + de + N2]: Is there a tripartite competition in French endocentric naming constructions?297

Kentaro Koga

Chapter 11.Revisiting Poser’s (1992) “Blocking of phrasal constructions
by lexical items” from the perspective of the economy of language
use principle326

Ichiro Yuhara

Index

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Part 1.Competition in affixation

Part 2.Macro-level competition, the lexicon and its interfaces