none 10.1075/la.284.04sal John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 160296608 4774780 1420043 202507022320000008 10.1075 2025-07-02T17:19:30Z 2024-04-30T14:53:18Z 3 0166-0829 10.1075/la https://benjamins.com/ catalog/la Alexandra Bagasheva Sofia University https://ror.org/02jv3k292 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-1919 Akiko Nagano University of Shizuoka https://ror.org/04rvw0k47 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9115-7040 Vincent Renner University of Lyon https://ror.org/03rth4p18 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8026-7706 This volume focuses on a number of interrelated issues in the theorizing and interpretation of morphological rivalry, including the differences between a semasiological and an onomasiological approach to competition phenomena in word-formation, the scope of such phenomena (micro-level rivalry between individual affixes, as well as macro-level competition between different processes), the different sources of competition, and the possible resolutions of competitive situations. An overview of existing research in the field is provided, as well as new, cutting-edge findings and proposals for analytical innovation. Linguistic data are drawn from European and Asian languages, and morphologists, semanticists, and anyone interested in the dynamics of language will be stimulated by the analytical models and explanations offered in the 11 chapters. 284 5 8 2024 5 1 2024 9789027214782 9789027246936 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/la.284 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027246936 https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027246936.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/la.284/html Justine Salvadori University of Fribourg https://ror.org/022fs9h90 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-1675 Rossella Varvara University of Fribourg https://ror.org/022fs9h90 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-2807 Richard Huyghe University of Fribourg https://ror.org/022fs9h90 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9494-0102 Abstract In many languages, affixes can be used to derive words with the same semantic types and can therefore compete in word formation. This paper discusses how to quantitatively assess the competition between derivational affixes based on their semantic similarity. Two possible measures of affix rivalry drawn from studies in ecology are examined: the Sørensen index, which considers the proportion of shared functions between rival affixes; and the Percentage similarity coefficient, which is based on the realization frequency of functions. Two complementary measures (Balanced richness and Balanced abundance) are also proposed to further analyze the semantic dissimilarity between rival affixes. 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