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CONTENTS
List of figures and tables = 11
1. Introduction = 15
 1.1. General introduction = 15
 1.2. Research questions = 18
 1.3. Outline = 24
2. Neologisms in linguistics = 27
 2.1. Lexicographical and lexicological approaches = 27
  2.1.1. What are neologisms? = 27
  2.1.2. The establishment of neologisms : Lexicalization, institutionalization and hypostatization = 32
  2.1.3. Two empirical studies on institutionalization = 41
 2.2. Cognitive-linguistic aspects of neologisms = 45
  2.2.1. The importance of co(n)text = 47
  2.2.2. The importance of exposure = 54
  2.2.3. The importance of transparency = 55
 2.3. Establishment revisited : Conventionalization = 60
3. Investigating English neologisms on the Internet = 69
 3.1. The Web as a corpus? Static and dynamic applications = 69
  3.1.1. General problems = 69
  3.1.2. Downloadable crawlers = 73
  3.1.3. On-demand crawlers = 73
 3.2. The NeoCrawler : retrieving and monitoring neologisms online = 75
  3.2.1. The Discoverer = 78
  3.2.2. The Observer = 84
 3.3. Data selection and investigation procedure = 92
  3.3.1. Data selection = 92
  3.3.2. The NeoCrawler's socio-pragmatic classification system = 97
  3.3.3. Operationalizing nameworthiness = 112
4. The conventionalization process of English neologisms = 115
 4.1. The conventionalization continuum = 115
  4.1.1. Non-conventionialization = 115
  4.1.2. Topicality or transitional conventionalization = 122
  4.1.3. Recurrent semi-conventionalization = 129
  4.1.4. Advanced conventionalization = 136
  4.1.5. Summary = 146
 4.2. Conventionalization factors = 148
  4.2.1. Coiner status = 150
  4.2.2. Type of source = 158
  4.2.3. Metalinguistic usage = 165
  4.2.4. Nameworthiness = 170
  4.2.5. Semantic ambiguity = 178
  4.2.6. Syntagmatic lexical networks = 184
5. Incipient lexical networks in the conventionalization process of English neologisms = 187
 5.1. Collocations as syntagmatic lexical relations = 187
 5.2. The emergence of syntagmatic lexico-semantic networks = 191
  5.2.1. Gradual emergence = 192
  5.2.2. Instantaneous emergence = 200
  5.2.3. Other syntagmatic usage patterns = 207
 5.3. Collocations as cotextual anchoring points during conventionalization = 218
6. Summary and conclusion = 227
 6.1. Summary of the results = 227
 6.2. Towards a sociocognitive model of the conventionalization process of English neologisms = 235
Appendices = 241
 Appendix 1 : List of nonce-formations in alphabetical order = 241
 Appendix 2 : List of neologisms in alphabetical order = 246
 Appendix 3 : Questionnaires for the nameworthiness experiment = 251
 Appendix 4 : Frequency distribution of word-forms and morpho-lexical relatives of robosigning = 254
 Appendix 5 : Type of source frequency distribution in objectlinguistic use = 257
Bibliography = 261