Complex Words in English

ISBN-13: 9780582239647 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 184 str.

Valerie Adams; V. Adams

Opis

This text presents an 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 databases.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Preliminaries; Chapter 2 Transposition; Chapter 3 Prefixes; Chapter 4 Suffixes; Chapter 5 Particles; Chapter 6 Noun compounds; Chapter 7 Adjective compounds; Chapter 8 Verb compounds; Chapter 9 Stem formations; Chapter 10 Phonaesthemes; Chapter 11 Reanalysis; Chapter 12 Overview;

O autorze

Valerie Adams is a Lecturer in the Department of English, University College London. Her previous publications include the books- An Introduction to Modern English Word Formation (1973) and with Randolph Quirk and Derek Davy, Old English Literature- A Practical Introduction (1975).