CONTENTS
Acknowledgments = xi
1 The lexicon: words old and new = 1
The lexicon = 2
Acquiring a lexicon = 13
Summary = 16
1 LEXICAL ACQUISITION = 19
2 Early lexical development = 21
First words = 22
Early words and semantic fields = 28
First meanings = 32
Word class and word structure = 38
Summary = 42
3 The mapping problem = 43
Ontological categories = 43
Conceptual constraints = 49
Lexical constraints = 62
Summary = 66
4 Conventionality and contrast = 67
Conventionality = 67
Contrast = 69
Summary = 83
5 Pragmatic principles and acquisition = 84
Conventionality = 84
Contrast = 90
Morphology and allomorphy = 102
Summary = 108
6 Transparency and simplicity = 109
Complex words = 109
Types of mapping = 111
Transparency of meaning = 115
Simplicity of form = 119
Summary = 125
7 Productivity = 126
Structure-based models of productivity = 127
Norm-based models of productivity = 132
Function-based models of productivity = 133
Contemporary preferences = 135
Productivity in acquisition = 137
Summary = 140
2 CASE STUDIES OF LEXICAL INNOVATION = 141
8 Words for things = 143
English = 143
Other Germanic languages = 151
Summary = 159
9 More words for things = 160
Romance = 160
Slavic = 165
Two more languages = 169
Summary = 175
10 Words for agents and instruments page = 177
English = 178
Icelandic = 182
Hebrew = 186
French and Italian = 190
Summary = 196
11 Words for actions = 198
New verbs in English = 198
Other Germanic languages = 205
Romance and Slavic = 209
Two more languages = 213
Summary = 217
12 Words for undoing actions = 219
Undoing in English = 220
Undoing in German = 229
Undoing in other languages = 234
Summary = 237
3 CONCLUSION = 239
13 Issues for acquisition = 241
Lexical acquisition = 241
Production does not equal comprehension = 245
Representing linguistic knowledge = 251
Structure versus process = 254
Coda = 259
Bibliography = 260
Index of names = 293
Index of subjects = 299
