March 15: Morphology in cognitive linguistics

This week, we will look at a relatively recent approach to word-formation, one couched within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics.

Especially if you are not familiar with the framework, watch this video which should give you some rough idea of what Cognitive Linguistics is (and isn't) – it's Martin Hilpert once again:

Then, I would like you to read an overview paper by John Taylor (from 2015) that introduces you to the cognitivist way of thinking about forming new words (more precisely, it is based on Langacker's Cognitive Grammar, which is an important approach in Cognitive Linguistics, but not the only one – we will talk about this a bit more next week when we talk about Construction Grammar).

Based on the reading, complete the review below (Word-formation in cognitive grammar). The reading might be somewhat challenging, but focusing on what you need to fill in in the review migt help you to focus your attention on what matters in the text. Next week, we will explain any issues that might arise & have a look at some examples of how cognitive linguists/grammarians have analyzed complex words.