The purpose of this study is to investigate two processes of word formation and storage. In order to do this, I deal with two kinds of word formation (a rule-based approach and an analogy-based approach), and examines the relationship between word for...
The purpose of this study is to investigate two processes of word formation and storage. In order to do this, I deal with two kinds of word formation (a rule-based approach and an analogy-based approach), and examines the relationship between word formation and the lexicon. The rule-based approach, which Halle (1973) and Aronoff (1976) propose, describes and explains that words are formed by rules. Constraints or filters are used in order to avoid overgeneration in word formation. Formed words are listed in the mental lexicon which functions only as a storage. On the other hand, the analogy-based approach, suggested by Bybee (1985, 1988, 1995), illustrates that words are formed by analogy with respect to lexical relatedness. While the rule-based approach ignores the role of the lexicon, the analogy-based approach strengthens its role in word formation. As for the relationship between word formation and the lexicon, I show that there is a distinction between the lexicon and lexical component. The former is regarded as a storage, whereas the latter as a word-formation component. Thus, they are different modules.