ProjectUpdm – Understanding the productivity of derivational morphology: internal vs external factors

Basic data

Acronym:

Updm

Title:

Understanding the productivity of derivational morphology: internal vs external factors

Duration:

01/07/2023 to 30/06/2025

Abstract / short description:

This project explores a new approach to morphology, using quantitative computational semantics to explain why a word formation rule generating names for new concepts can be productive, given that the referents of new concepts in the world are themselves not compositional.

Keywords:

embeddings

productivity

affixed verbs

German

Ukrainian