Understanding Morphological Rules: With Special Emphasis on Conversion and Subtraction in Bulgarian, Russian and Serbo-Croatian

1. Preliminaries. 1.1 Introduction . 1.1.1. Conversion and Subtraction in Slavic: History of Research . 1.1.2 Organization of the Book . 1.2. Bulgarian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian . 1.2.1. Phonological and Morphonological Features . 1.2.2. Morphological Features . 1.3. Word as Basic Linguistic Unit .1.4 Word-, Stem- and Root-Based Morphology . 1.5 Thematic Markers, Aspectual Suffixes and Root Extensions .- 2. Theoretical Background . 2.1 Natural Morphology . 2.1.1 Universal Naturalness . 2.1.2 Typological Adequacy . 2.1.3 System-Dependent Naturalness 2.2 Cognitive Linguistics (CL). 2.3 Prototype Theory (PT): Prototypes and Clines . 2.4 Morphological Techniques . 2.5 Derivation-Inflection Continuum .- 3. Conversion . 3.1 Terminology . 3.2. Definition . 3.3 Delimiting Conversion 3.3.1 Homophony, Polysemy, Metaphor, Metonymy . 3.3.2 Conversion and Related Techniques . 3.4 Direction of Conversion . 3.4.1. Marchand's Criteria . 3.4.2. Criteria by Other Author's . 3.4.3 Conversion with a Clear Direction . 3.4.4 Reversible Conversion vs. Cross-Linguistic Semantic Pattern . 3.5 Classification of Conversion . 3.5.1 Conversion in Derivation . 3.5.2 Conversion in Inflection . 3.5.3 Syntactic Conversion . 3.6 Conclusion .- 4. Subtraction . 4.1 Terminology and Definition . 4.2 Delimiting Subtraction . 4.2.1 Phonological Shortening . 4.2.2 Backformation . 4.2.3 Haplology . 4.2.4 Hypocoristics . 4.2.5 Clipping . 4.2.6 Blends . 4.2.7 Acronyms . 4.2.8 Subtraction of Meaning . 4.2.9 Zero Sign . 4.2.10 Truncation . 4.3 Subtraction and Rule Inversion: Ethnicity Terms . 4.4 Classification of Subtraction . 4.4.1 Subtraction in Derivation . 4.4.2 Subtraction in Inflection . 4.5 Conclusion .- 5. Typological and Language-Specific Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction . 5.1 Typological Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction . 5.2 Language-Specific Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction . 5.2.1 Conversion as a Language-Specific Morphological Technique . 5.2.2 Subtraction as a Language-Specific Morphological Technique . 5.3 Conclusion .- 6. Conclusions .- Appendix A: Bulgarian Noun Inflection .- Appendix B: Bulgarian Adjective Inflection .- Appendix C: Bulgarian Verb Inflection (Synthetic Forms) .-Appendix D: Russian Noun Inflection .- Appendix E: Russian Adjective Inflection .- Appendix F: Russian Verb Inflection .- Appendix G: Serbo-Croatian Noun Inflection .- Appendix H: Serbo-Croatian Adjective Inflection .- Appendix I: Serbo-Croatian Verb Inflection (synthetic forms) .- References .- Author Index .- Subject Index