TY - BOOK ID - 17981037 TI - An onomasiological theory of English word-formation PY - 1998 VL - 46 SN - 9027215553 1283234149 9027282269 9786613234148 9789027282262 1556198973 9781556198977 9789027215550 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., DB - UniCat KW - Naamkunde KW - Onomastics KW - Onomastiek KW - Onomastique KW - 802.0 KW - 802.0 Engels. Engelse taalkunde KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde KW - English language KW - Word formation KW - Onomastics. KW - Names KW - Onomatology KW - Language and languages KW - Onomasiology KW - Names, Personal KW - Germanic languages KW - Word formation. KW - Etymology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17981037 AB - Pavol SĖtekauer presents an original approach to the intricate problems of English word-formation. The emphasis is on the process of coining new naming units (words). This is described by an onomasiological model, which takes as its point of departure the naming needs of a speech community, and proceeds through conceptual reflection of extra-linguistic reality and semantic analysis to the form of a new naming unit. As a result, it is the form which implements options given by semantics by means of the so-called Form-to-Meaning Assignment Principle.Word-formation is conceived of as an ind ER -