(Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: a cognitive grammar perspective

Abstract

Overall, this article aims to (re)define the component structures in Afrikaans morphological constructions from a cognitive grammar perspective. The author will not pay attention to general issues in cognitive grammar, such as the status of morphology, morphological operations, constructions and construction schemas, composite structures, or other common cognitive processes; various standard works in cognitive grammar as well as other articles in this current volume address some of these issues in more detail. Neither is it the intention, nor within the scope of this article to revisit all that has ever been written about component structures in morphology theory; it is assumed that the reader has sufficient background on issues pertaining to different interpretations and definitions of different notions.