An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation

A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language

Auteur

Adams, Valerie

Contenu

Chapter 1 The word; Chapter 2 Word classes; Chapter 3 Some terms and definitions; Chapter 4 Derivation by zero suffix; Chapter 5 Noun compounds; Chapter 6 Adjective compounds; Chapter 7 Verb compounds and backformation; Chapter 8 Compounds containing Part Icles; Chapter 9 Neo-classical compounds; Chapter 10; Chapter 11 Morphemes, phonaesthemes and blends; Chapter 12 Compound-blends; Chapter 13 Group-forming; Chapter 14 Word-formation and rules;