Complex Words in English

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Complex Words in English presents a comprehensive account of present-day word formation in English. Starting with a discussion of some basic issues, including the definition of 'word', motivation, lexicalization, productivity, the relevance of historical information and the usefulness of dictionaries and other data-bases, the book then moves on to describe in detail a variety of prefixing, suffixing and compounding patterns - all illustrated with copious up-to-date examples. Other topics that a…

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Full title :Complex Words in English.

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Publication Date:2014.

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Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource (184 pages)

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ISBN:9781317891567, 1317891562
oclc:ocn884016094
LC Classification:PE1175 .A27 2014
Dewey Decimal:420

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Preliminaries; 1.1 Word formation; 1.2 Lexemes; 1.2.1 Complex words; 1.2.2 Lexemes and phrases; 1.2.3 Lexemes and word-forms; 1.3 Motivation; 1.4 Present and past; 1.5 Examples and the OED; 1.6 Varieties of complex word; Notes; 2 Transposition; 2.1 Scope; 2.2 'Zero'; 2.3 Verbs; 2.3.1 Noun to verb; 2.3.2 Adjective to verb; 2.4 Nouns; 2.4.1 Verb to noun; 2.4.2 Adjective to noun; 2.5 Adjectives; 2.5.1 Verb to adjective; 2.5.2 Noun to adjective; 2.6 Adverbs; Notes; 3 Prefixes; 3.1 Scope; 3.2 Verbs; 3.3 Adjectives.

3.4 NounsNotes; 4 Suffixes; 4.1 Scope; 4.2 Individuals; 4.3 Diminutives; 4.4 States, realms and other non-individual entities; Notes; 5 Particles; 5.1 Scope; 5.2 Particle + base compounds; 5.2.1 Verbs; 5.2.2 Adjectives; 5.2.3 Nouns; 5.3 Over, under, out; 5.3.1 Verbs; 5.3.2 Adjectives; 5.3.3 Nouns; 5.4 Base + particle nouns; Notes; 6 Noun compounds; 6.1 Scope; 6.1.1 Noun + deverbal nominalization; 6.1.2 Noun + noun; 6.1.3 Noun-genitive s + noun; 6.1.4 Adjective + noun; 6.1.5 Exocentric compounds; 6.2 Meaning; 6.3 Contexts; Notes; 7 Adjective compounds; 7.1 Scope; 7.2 -ing.

7.2.1 Noun + verb-ing7.2.…